Measuring quality of palliative care: Psychometric properties of the FAMCARE Scale

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 167-176

  Ringdal, Gerd Inger ^a,b   Jordhøy, Marit S ^b   Kaasa, Stein ^a,b  

^a TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dimensionality; Family satisfaction; Psychometric properties; Quality of palliative care; The FAMCARE Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMCARE SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOKKEN SCALING PROGRAM ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; REDUCTION; RELIABILITY; TERMINAL DISEASE; TIME OF DEATH;

ADULT; AGED; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; TERMINAL CARE;

EID: 0037369722     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022236430131     Document Type: Article

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