Psychometric testing of the modified Care Dependency Scale among hospitalized school-aged children in Germany

Nursing and Health Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-22

  Tork, Hanan ^a,c   Lohrmann, Christa ^b   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

^c Institut für Medizin Pflegepädagogik und Pflegewissenschaft   (Germany)

Author keywords

Care dependency scale; Psychometrics; Reliability; School aged children; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD CARE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZED CHILD; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERRATER RELIABILITY; MALE; MODIFIED CARE DEPENDENCY SCALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SCHOOL CHILD; SELF CARE; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

CHILD; CHILD WELFARE; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING CARE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 38949101915     PISSN: 14410745     EISSN: 14422018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2018.2007.00337.x     Document Type: Article

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