The Barthel Index: Comparing inter-rater reliability between Nurses and Doctors in an older adult rehabilitation unit

Applied Nursing Research

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Hartigan, Irene ^a   O'Mahony, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b University College Cork and INFANT Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRICS; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; OBSERVER VARIATION; REHABILITATION CENTER; REHABILITATION NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC NURSING; GERIATRICS; HUMANS; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; REHABILITATION CENTERS; REHABILITATION NURSING; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79551545019     PISSN: 08971897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.11.002     Document Type: Article

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