Psychometric testing of the smoking cessation counseling scale

Journal of Nursing Scholarship

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 405-411

  Newhouse, Robin P ^a   Himmelfarb, Cheryl Dennison ^b   Liang, Yulan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Instrument development; Psychometrics; Quality of care; Smoking cessation; Tobacco use cessation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EVIDENCE BASED NURSING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COUNSELING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED NURSING; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HOSPITALS, RURAL; HUMANS; MALE; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SMOKING CESSATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 82355190185     PISSN: 15276546     EISSN: 15475069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1547-5069.2011.01420.x     Document Type: Article

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