Psychometric evaluation of the Acute Coronary Syndrome (ACS) response index

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 584-594

  Riegel, Barbara ^a,b   McKinley, Sharon ^c   Moser, Debra K ^d   Meischke, Hendrika ^e   Doering, Lynn ^f   Dracup, Kathleen ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b SHARP HEALTHCARE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Instrument; Reliability; Treatment delay; Validity

Indexed keywords

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SYNDROME;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SYNDROME;

EID: 38049016897     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20213     Document Type: Article

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