Spouse's life situation after partner's stroke event: Psychometric testing of a questionnaire

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 300-306

  Larson, Jenny ^a   Franzén Dahlin, Åsa ^b   Billing, Ewa ^b   Murray, Veronica ^b   Wredling, Regina ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Life Situation Questionnaire; Nursing; Spouse; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSE; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; POWER (PSYCHOLOGY); PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 23944506975     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2005.03590.x     Document Type: Article

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