The multidimensionality of caring: A confirmatory factor analysis of the Caring Nurse-Patient Interaction Short Scale

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 61, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 699-710

  Cossette, Sylvie ^a,b   Pepin, Jacinthe ^a   Côté, José K ^a   De Courval, François Poulin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b MONTREAL HEART INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caring nurse patient interaction short scale; Confirmatory factor analysis; Instrument development; Nurse patient interaction; Nurse patient relationships; Nursing theory

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; EMPATHY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING CARE; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; EMPATHY; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSING CARE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STUDENTS, NURSING;

EID: 39749108136     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2007.04566.x     Document Type: Article

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