Development and testing of an evaluation scale of personal digital assistants

CIN - Computers Informatics Nursing

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 171-179

  Lee, Ting Ting ^a   Lin, Kuan Chia ^a   Lin, Juin Shu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b SHIN KONG WU HO SU MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Factor analysis; Instrument scale development; Item analysis; Personal digital assistant (PDA); Technology

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; IN SERVICE TRAINING; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROCOMPUTER; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF; PILOT STUDY; TAIWAN;

ADULT; COMPUTERS, HANDHELD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSERVICE TRAINING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STAFF, HOSPITAL; PILOT PROJECTS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; TAIWAN;

EID: 34248594385     PISSN: 15382931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.NCN.0000270043.60282.a3     Document Type: Article

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