Assessing caregiving distress: A conceptual analysis and a brief scale

British Journal of Clinical Psychology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 387-403

  Cousins, Rosanna ^a   Davies, Ann D M ^b   Turnbull, Christopher J ^c   Playfer, Jeremy R ^d  

^a Psychology Unit   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c ARROWE PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL LIVERPOOL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVING DISTRESS SCALE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MODEL; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PUBLICATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL LIFE; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036860285     PISSN: 01446657     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/014466502760387506     Document Type: Article

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