The measure of sense of competence in caregivers of patients with dementia;La mesure du sentiment de compétence chez les aidants de patients déments

Revue d'Epidemiologie et de Sante Publique

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 227-235

  Vernooij Dassen, M ^a   Kurz, X ^b   Scuvee Moreau, J ^b   Dresse, A ^b  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregivers; Dementia; Measure; Sense of competence

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; CAREGIVER; COMPETENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HOME CARE; LANGUAGE; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION; SELF CONCEPT; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BELGIUM; CAREGIVERS; CLINICAL COMPETENCE; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; TRANSLATING;

EID: 0141687047     PISSN: 03987620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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