The short version of the Japanese version of the Zarit caregiver burden interview (J-ZBI-8): Its reliability and validity

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 497-503

  Arai, Yumiko ^a,b   Tamiya, Nanako ^b,c   Yano, Eiji ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Caregivers; Impaired elderly; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; JAPAN; LANGUAGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 0642311953     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.40.497     Document Type: Article

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