Measuring parents' perceptions of care: Psychometric development of a research instrument

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 343-359

  Maijala, Hanna ^a,b   Luukkaala, Tiina ^a   Åstedt Kurki, Päivi ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b HÄME UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Finland)

Author keywords

Childhood illness; Family nursing; Instrument development; Perceptions of family nursing; Psychometric development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD HOSPITALIZATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PARENT; PILOT STUDY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHILD, HOSPITALIZED; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FAMILY NURSING; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 70349767198     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840709339167     Document Type: Article

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