Reliability and validity of the Safety Assessment Scale for people with dementia living at home

Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 67-75

  De Courval, Louise Poulin ^a,b   Gélinas, Isabelle ^a,c   Gauthier, Serge ^a,d   Gayton, David ^e   Liu, Lili ^f   Rossignol, Michel ^a   Sampalis, John ^g   Dastoor, Dolly ^a,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

^c CENTRE FOR INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH IN REHABILITATION OF GREATER MONTREAL   (Canada)

^d DOUGLAS MENTAL HEALTH UNIVERSITY INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e Peace Arch Hospital   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g MONTREAL GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dementia; Reliability and validity; Safety; Screening

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

EID: 33646258029     PISSN: 00084174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/000841740607300201     Document Type: Article

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