Diagnostic accuracy of the Care Dependency Scale

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 410-416

  Dijkstra, Ate ^a,e   Tiesinga, Lucas J ^b   Plantinga, Liesbeth ^b   Veltman, Getine ^c   Dassen, Theo W N ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MEDICAL CENTER LEEUWARDEN   (Netherlands)

^d HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e Zorggroep Noorderbreedte Stafbureau Ouderenzorg   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dependency; Diagnostic accuracy; Gold standard; Hospital patients; Nursing; Receiver operating characteristics curve analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 18644371757     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03406.x     Document Type: Article

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