A systematic review of 'knowledge of dementia' outcome measures

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 67-77

  Spector, Aimee ^a   Orrell, Martin ^a   Schepers, Astrid ^a   Shanahan, Niamh ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST CHARLES HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; Dementia; Evaluation; Knowledge; Measure; Outcome

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE KNOWLEDGE SCALE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE KNOWLEDGE TEST; AWARENESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA QUIZ; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; KNOWLEDGE OF AGING AND MEMORY LOSS AND CARE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POPULATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; STANDARD; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA ALZHEIMER DISEASE KNOWLEDGE TEST FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONALS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; DEMENTIA; EDUCATION, MEDICAL, CONTINUING; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 83855160831     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2011.09.002     Document Type: Review

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