Validity and reliability of the Philadelphia Geriatric Center Morale Scale among Turkish elderly people

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-18

  Pinar, Rukiye ^a   Oz, Havva ^b  

^a YEDITEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Philadelphia Geriatric Morale Scale; Quality of life; Reliability; Turkish; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNITED STATES; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PHILADELPHIA; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TURKEY;

EID: 79951774469     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-010-9723-4     Document Type: Article

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