Reliability and validity of the Greek version of Kogan's Old People Scale

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1241-1247

  Lambrinou, Ekaterini ^a   Sourtzi, Panayota ^a,b   Kalokerinou, Athena ^a   Lemonidou, Chrysoula ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b NONE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Elder care; Kogan's Old People Scale; Nurse education

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; GREECE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING EDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATION, NURSING; GREECE; HUMANS; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 27644510003     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2005.01229.x     Document Type: Article

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