Refinement and psychometric reevaluation of the instrument: Families' importance in nursing care-nurses' attitudes

Journal of Family Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 312-329

  Saveman, Britt Inger ^a   Benzein, Eva G ^b   Engström, Åsa H ^c   Årestedt, Kristofer ^d  

^a UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LINNAEUS UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^d LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

family nursing; instrument development; nurses' attitudes

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY;

ADULT; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PROFESSIONAL-FAMILY RELATIONS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 79961078445     PISSN: 10748407     EISSN: 1552549X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1074840711415074     Document Type: Article

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