A psychometric evaluation of a negative mood scale in the MDS-HC using a large sample of community-dwelling Hong Kong Chinese older adults

Age and Ageing

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 317-322

  Leung, Doris Y P ^a   Leung, Angela Y M ^b   Chi, Iris ^c  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Chinese community dwellers; Confirmatory factor analysis; Elderly; Minimum Data Set Home Care; Negative mood; Reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANGER; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MOOD DISORDER; NEGATIVE MOOD SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCHOSOCIAL WITHDRAWAL; RELIABILITY; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AFFECT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84860527294     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr157     Document Type: Article

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