The Nottingham Health Profile: A feasible questionnaire for nursing home residents?

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 416-424

  Tabali, Manuela ^a   Jeschke, Elke ^b   Dassen, Theo ^c   Ostermann, Thomas ^d   Heinze, Cornelia ^e  

^a Havelhoehe Research Institute   (Germany)

^b Wissenschaftliches Institut der AOK   (Germany)

^c CHARITÉ UNIVERSITÄTSMEDIZIN BERLIN   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^e Evangelische Hochschule Berlin   (Germany)

Author keywords

aging; cognitive impairment; dementia; long term care; reliability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NOTTINGHAM HEALTH PROFILE; NURSING HOME PERSONNEL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NURSING HOMES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84859037491     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211001931     Document Type: Article

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