Conceptualization and psychometric properties of the Caregiver Burden Scale in Taiwan

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 853-866

  Kao, Hsueh Fen S ^a   Acton, Gayle J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHNOLOGY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; GUILT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICS; STROKE; TAIWAN; TIME; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GUILT; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STROKE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 33748663993     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840600840802     Document Type: Article

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