Capturing the insights of family caregivers: Survey item generation with a coupled interview/focus group process

Qualitative Health Research

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 1141-1154

  Wackerbarth, Sarah B ^a   Streams, Megan E ^a   Smith, Melissa K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FAMILY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MEMORY; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FOCUS GROUPS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; KENTUCKY; MEMORY; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 0036779765     PISSN: 10497323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/104973202236582     Document Type: Article

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