Assessing perceived change in the well-being of family caregivers: Psychometric properties of the perceived change index and response patterns

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and other Dementias

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 304-311

  Gitlin, Laura N ^a   Winter, Laraine ^a   Dennis, Marie P ^a   Hauck, Walter W ^b  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Burden; Informal caregiving

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PERCEIVED CHANGE INDEX; PSYCHOMETRY; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDITY; WELLBEING;

EID: 33750290908     PISSN: 15333175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1533317506292283     Document Type: Article

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