The development and psychometric analysis of the short-form pulmonary functional status scale (PFSS-11©)

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 477-485

  Chen, Yea Jyh ^a   Narsavage, Georgia L ^a   Culp, Stacey L ^a   Weaver, Terri E ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

COPD asthma pulmonary; Functional ability restoration; Instrument development and validation; Quality of life; Rehabilitation

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMOTION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DISCRIMINANT ANALYSIS; EMOTIONS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 78149331335     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20403     Document Type: Article

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