Reliability and validity of the subjective burden scale in family caregivers of elderly relatives with dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-170

  Matsuda, Osamu ^a  

^a TOKYO GAKUGEI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BODY BURDEN; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MENTAL HEALTH; PERSONAL HYGIENE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0032770102     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610299005712     Document Type: Article

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