Development and psychometric testing of the nurses' attitudes toward obesity and obese patients (NATOOPS) scale

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 586-593

  Watson, Lorraine ^a   Oberle, Kathleen ^a   Deutscher, Danielle ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Attitude measurement; Obesity; Scale development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; NURSING; OBESITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE-PATIENT RELATIONS; NURSES; OBESITY; PREJUDICE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58149237467     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20292     Document Type: Article

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