Development and validation of a short form of the Chinese version of the State Anxiety Scale for Children

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 566-573

  Li, Ho Cheung William ^a   Lopez, Violeta ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Children; Nursing; Reliability; Surgery; Validity

Indexed keywords

AMBULATORY SURGERY; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AMBULATORY SURGICAL PROCEDURES; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHILD; CHILD PSYCHOLOGY; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TRANSLATING;

EID: 34147177499     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2005.12.004     Document Type: Article

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