A questionnaire to measure satisfaction with community services for informal carers of stroke patients: Construction and initial piloting

Health and Social Care in the Community

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 129-137

  Simon, Chantal ^a   Little, Paul ^a   Birtwistle, Jon ^a   Kendrick, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Community health services; Questionnaire development; Social welfare; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONSUMER; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONSUMER SATISFACTION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0642368766     PISSN: 09660410     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2524.2003.00408.x     Document Type: Article

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