International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 38-44 , January 2009

A Chinese version of Kogan's Attitude toward Older People Scale: Reliability and validity assessment

  • Chi-Hua Yen

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University (CSMU), Taiwan
    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (CSMUH), Taiwan
    • ,
  • Wen-Chun Liao

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, CSMU, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Yu-Ru Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Nursing, CSMUH, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Min-Chen Kao

      Affiliations

    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (CSMUH), Taiwan
    • ,
  • Meng-Chih Lee

      Affiliations

    • Institute of Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University (CSMU), Taiwan
    • Department of Family and Community Medicine, Chung Shan Medical University Hospital (CSMUH), Taiwan
    • ,
  • Cheng-Ching Wang

      Affiliations

    • College of Nursing, CSMU, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: CSMU, College of Nursing, No. 110, Section 1, Jianguo North Road, Taichung 402, Taiwan. Tel.: +886 4 24730022/11733; fax: +886 4 23248137.

Received 12 February 2008 ,Revised 17 May 2008 ,Accepted 23 May 2008.

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PII: S0020-7489(08)00144-2

doi: 10.1016/j.ijnurstu.2008.05.004

International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume 46, Issue 1 , Pages 38-44 , January 2009

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