Promoting healthy lifestyles with aging: Development and validation of the Health Enhancement Lifestyle Profile (HELP) using the rasch measurement model

American Journal of Occupational Therapy

Volumn 64, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 786-795

  Eric Hwang, Jengliang ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Health behavior; Health promotion; Life style; Reproducibility of results; Self disclosure

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LEISURE; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRY; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS;

EID: 78149351050     PISSN: 02729490     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2010.09088     Document Type: Article

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