Psychometric performance of the English language six-item Caring Behaviours Inventory in an acute care context

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 17-18, 2015, Pages 2538-2544

  Edvardsson, David ^a,b   Mahoney, Anne Marie ^a   Hardy, Juanita ^c   Mcgillion, Tony ^a,c   Mclean, Anne ^c   Pearce, Frances ^c   Salamone, Kathryn ^c   Watt, Elizabeth ^a  

^a LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Caring; Instrument development; Measurement reliability; Nursing; Psychometrics; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; VALIDATION STUDY; VICTORIA;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HELPING BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING PROCESS; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; VICTORIA;

EID: 84940435842     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12849     Document Type: Article

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