Validity and reliability of the expectations regarding aging (ERA-12) instrument among middle-aged Singaporeans

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 394-398

  Joshi, Veena D ^a   Malhotra, Rahul ^b   Lim, Jeremy F Y ^a   Østbye, Truls ^b,c   Wong, Michael ^d  

^a Singapore Health Services   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; COGNITION; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXPECTATION; EXPECTATIONS REGARDING AGING 12 INSTRUMENT; EXPLORATORY FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; SINGAPORE; VALIDITY; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGING; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SINGAPORE;

EID: 77953455129     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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