Retrospective assessment of the Dutch version of the Discomfort Scale - Dementia of Alzheimer Type (DS-DAT): Is it sufficiently valid and reliable?;Retrospectieve afname van de Nederlandse versie van de Discomfort Scale - Dementia of Alzheimer Type (DS-DAT): Is inschatten achteraf voldoende valide en betrouwbaar?

Tijdschrift voor Gerontologie en Geriatrie

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 254-259

  Van Der Steen, Jenny T ^a   Adèr, Herman J ^a   Van Assendelft, Jettie H M ^b   Kooistra, Marijke ^c   Passier, Patricia E C A ^d   Ooms, Marcel E ^e  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Verpleeghuis Bertilla   (Netherlands)

^c Verpleeghuisarts   (Netherlands)

^d Stichting Savelanden Locatie ABG   (Netherlands)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; NURSING HOME; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PHYSICIAN; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; HUMANS; NETHERLANDS; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 1042300227     PISSN: 01679228     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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