Screening for hearing, visual and dual sensory impairment in older adults using behavioural cues: A validation study

International Journal of Nursing Studies

Volumn 51, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1434-1440

  Roets Merken, Lieve M ^a,d   Zuidema, Sytse U ^b   Vernooij Dassen, Myrra J F J ^a,d   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Kalorama Foundation   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Dual sensory loss; Hearing loss; Nursing; Psychometric; Screening; Visual loss

Indexed keywords

AGED; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; VALIDATION STUDY; VISION DISORDERS;

AGED; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84908203968     PISSN: 00207489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2014.02.006     Document Type: Article

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