Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages e1-e7 , February 2011

The Barthel Index: comparing inter-rater reliability between Nurses and Doctors in an older adult rehabilitation unit

  • Irene Hartigan, MSc, BSc

      Affiliations

    • Catherine McAuley School of Nursing and Midwifery, Brookfield Health Science Complex, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +353 21 4901623; fax: +353 21 4901493.
    • ,
  • Denis O'Mahony, MB, BCh

      Affiliations

    • Geriatric Medicine to Cork University Hospital and St. Finbarr's Hospital, Cork, Ireland

Received 28 April 2009 ,Revised 18 November 2009 ,Accepted 20 November 2009.

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PII: S0897-1897(09)00125-6

doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2009.11.002

Applied Nursing Research
Volume 24, Issue 1 , Pages e1-e7 , February 2011

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