Validity and internal consistency of mobility scales for healthy older people in Germany

Journal of Clinical Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Brühl, Albert ^a   Avlund, Kirsten ^b,c  

^a Philosophisch Theologische Hochschule Vallendar   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

fatigue; logistic models; mobility; probabilistic models; validation studies

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AVLUND MOB H SCALE; AVLUND MOB T SCALE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FATIGUE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; NORMAL HUMAN; NURSING CARE; NURSING COST; PHYSICAL MOBILITY; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; VALIDATION STUDY;

EID: 84859428668     PISSN: 22108335     EISSN: 22108343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcgg.2011.11.007     Document Type: Article

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