Content Validation of the Dutch Version of the “Older Patients in Acute Care Survey”, an Instrument to Measure the Attitude of Hospital Nurses towards Older Patients
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=53147#.VLXZKsnQrzE Author(s) Andrea R. van Schelven 1 , Jeroen Dikken 2* , Linda G. M. Sillekens 3 , Dirkje D. Oldenhuis 4 , Marieke J. Schuurmans 5 , Jita G. Hoogerduijn 2 Affiliation(s) 1 Sonneburgh Foundation, Rotterdam, The Netherlands . 2 Research Group Care for the Chronically Ill, Faculty of Health Care, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands . 3 Orbis Medical Centre, Sittard-Geleen, The Netherlands . 4 The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Hague, The Netherlands . 5 Department of Rehabilitation, Nursing Science and Sports, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands . ABSTRACT Aims and objectives: The aim of this study is to validate the “Older Patients in Acute Care Survey” (OPACS) in the Netherlands. Background: Worldwide the population of older people with multimorbidity increases which results in an incr...