Psychometric Properties of a Scale to Assess the Severity of Bathing Disability

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 987-993

  Gill, Thomas M ^a   Gahbauer, Evelyne A ^a   Van Ness, Peter H ^a  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Disability evaluation; Frail elderly; Rehabilitation; Reliability and Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BATH; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BATHS; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 65749107925     PISSN: 00039993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.021     Document Type: Article

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