Reliability and validity of the Alberta context tool (ACT) with professional nurses: Findings from a multi-study analysis

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Squires, Janet E ^a,b   Hayduk, Leslie ^c   Hutchinson, Alison M ^d   Mallick, Ranjeeta ^b   Norton, Peter G ^e   Cummings, Greta G ^c   Estabrooks, Carole A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^b OTTAWA HOSPITAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^d CABRINI INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALBERTA CONTEXT TOOL; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LATENT STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE ATTITUDE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; VALIDITY; YOUNG ADULT; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; NURSE; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84939135056     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0127405     Document Type: Article

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