Psychometric properties of the extended Care Dependency Scale for older persons in Egypt

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 3280-3289

  Boggatz, Thomas ^a   Farid, Tamer ^b   Mohammedin, Ahmed ^b   Dijkstra, Ate ^c   Lohrmann, Christa ^d   Dassen, Theo ^a  

^a CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^b AIN SHAMS UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

Activities of Daily Living; Arabic translation; Care dependency; Egypt; Older persons; Psychometric study

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; EGYPT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOMETRY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EGYPT; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 70449475585     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02946.x     Document Type: Article

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