A review of translations and adaptations of the mini-mental state examination in languages other than English and Spanish

Research in Gerontological Nursing

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 214-224

  Steis, Melinda R ^a   Schrauf, Robert W ^b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; CULTURAL FACTOR; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; REPRODUCIBILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MULTILINGUALISM; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 75749119749     PISSN: 19404921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3928/19404921-20090421-06     Document Type: Article

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