Care Dependency Scale - psychometric testing of the Polish version

Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2010, Pages 62-66

  Dijkstra, Ate ^a,b   Muszalik, Marta ^c   KeDziora Kornatowska, Kornelia ^c   Kornatowski, Tomasz ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NHL University of Applied Science   (Netherlands)

^c Clinic of Geriatrics   (Poland)

^d NICOLAUS COPERNICUS UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Care Dependency Scale; Dependency; Instrument testing; Polish version; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POLAND; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLAND; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 78349247124     PISSN: 02839318     EISSN: 14716712     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-6712.2010.00797.x     Document Type: Article

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