Febrile convulsions: Development and validation of a questionnaire to measure parental knowledge, attitudes, concerns, and practice

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 38-48

  Huang, Mei Chih ^c   Huang, Chao Ching ^a   Thomas, Karen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Attitudes; Concerns; Febrile convulsion; Instrument; Knowledge; Parental responses; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PARENT COUNSELING; PARENTAL ATTITUDE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; TAIWAN; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; THEORETICAL STUDY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 31144459806     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60107-8     Document Type: Article

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