Reliability and validity testing of the Short-Form health survey in a sample of community-dwelling African American older adults

Journal of Nursing Measurement

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-59

  Cernin, Paul A ^a   Cresci, Kay ^a   Jankowski, Thomas B ^a   Lichtenberg, Peter A ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; Elders; Older adults; Reliability; SF 12; Validity

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77953258921     PISSN: 10613749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1891/1061-3749.18.1.49     Document Type: Article

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