Sense of Competence in Dementia Care Staff (SCIDS) scale: Development, reliability, and validity

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 1153-1162

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

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; caregivers; measure development; older adults; professional caregivers; psychometric properties; self efficacy; training needs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTENT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH PERSONNEL ATTITUDE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; JOB SATISFACTION; PERSONHOOD; PILOT STUDY; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE; PROFESSIONALISM; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; SENSE OF COMPETENCE IN DEMENTIA CARE STAFF SCALE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; WORK EXPERIENCE;

ADULT; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84861025830     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021100247X     Document Type: Article

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