Reliability and validity of the Japanese version of the Zarit Caregiver burden Interview

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 281-287

  Arai, Yumiko ^a,f   Kudo, Kei ^b   Hosokawa, Toru ^c   Washio, Masakazu ^d   Miura, Hiroko ^e   Hisamichi, Shigeru ^a  

^a Department of Public Health ^*  (Japan)

^b MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kitakyushu Tsuyazaki Hospital   (Japan)

^e HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY OF HOKKAIDO   (Japan)

^f TOHOKU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bedridden elderly; Burden; Caregiving; Demented elderly; Disabled elderly; Japanese; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RELIABILITY;

EID: 0030734103     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.1997.tb03199.x     Document Type: Article

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