Psychometric properties of the parental stressor scale: Infant hospitalization

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 189-196

  Miles, Margaret Shandor ^a   Brunssen, Susan H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

Neonatal intensive care unit; Parent stress; Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PARENTAL STRESSOR SCALE INFANT HOSPITALIZATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STRESS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 15944376873     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1536-0903(03)00138-3     Document Type: Review

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