Focus on research methods: Using standardized survey items with older adults hospitalized for chronic illness

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 468-481

  Fox, Mary T ^a,b,c,d   Sidani, Souraya ^d   Streiner, David ^d,e  

^a Rehabilitation and Long Term Care ^*

^b CANADIAN INSTITUTES OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Canada)

^c York University   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^e BAYCREST CENTRE FOR GERIATRIC CARE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cognitive interview; Comprehension; Hospitalized elderly; Judgment; Measures; Numeric response; Question response model; Retrieval; Standardized instruments

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CANADA; CHRONIC DISEASE; EDUCATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CHRONIC DISEASE; DATA COLLECTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 34548282953     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20201     Document Type: Article

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