Reliability and validity of the Northwick Park Dependency Score (NPDS) Swedish version 6.0

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 419-425

  Svensson, Siv ^a   Sonn, Ulla ^b   Stibrant Sunnerhagen, Katharina ^a  

^a Inst of Clin Neurosci Rehab Med   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSOCIATION; BRAIN INJURY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING STAFF; OBSERVER VARIATION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BRAIN INJURIES; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SWEDEN;

EID: 19144368790     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0269215505cr808oa     Document Type: Article

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