The Carers' Needs Assessment for Dementia (CNA-D): Development, validity and reliability

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 393-406

  Wancata, Johannes ^a   Krautgartner, Monika ^a   Berner, Julia ^a   Alexandrowicz, Rainer ^b   Unger, Anne ^a   Kaiser, Gerda ^a   Marquart, Barbara ^a   Weiss, Maria ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Dementia; Needs assessment; Reliability; Service evaluation; Validity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT; RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; AUSTRIA; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT;

EID: 25844519064     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610205001699     Document Type: Article

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