Development and psychometric testing of a Chinese-language instrument for assessing institutionalised older males' motivations for living

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 19-20, 2013, Pages 2867-2875

  Wang, Yi Wen ^a   Tsai, Yun Fang ^a,b   Wong, Thomas Ks ^c   Ku, Yan Chiou ^d  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

^d KAOHSIUNG VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Institutionalised; Motivations for living; Older males; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALISED; MALE; MOTIVATION; MOTIVATIONS FOR LIVING; NURSING HOME; OLDER MALES; PSYCHOMETRY; RELIABILITY; SUICIDE ATTEMPT; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VALIDITY; VETERAN;

INSTITUTIONALISED; MOTIVATIONS FOR LIVING; OLDER MALES; RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

AGED; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; NURSING HOMES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SUICIDE, ATTEMPTED; TRANSLATING; VETERANS;

EID: 84883557508     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12089     Document Type: Article

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