Rural Residents’ Attitudes towards Placement of Relatives in Nursing Homes
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Methods: The Delta Nursing Home Questionnaire (DNHQ) was developed and designed to elicit responses from Mississippi Delta residents relating to their perceptions and attitudes toward the placement of relatives in nursing homes. The participants responded to the questionnaire items and other open ended questions that were recorded for analysis. Responses were analyzed based on age and education level using the Chi-square analysis.
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تاریخ انتشار 2017