The Huntington's Disease quality of life battery for carers: Reliability and validity

Clinical Genetics

Volumn 71, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 434-445

  Aubeeluck, A ^a   Buchanan, Heather ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Huntington's Disease; Psychometrics; Quality of life; Reliability; Spousal carers; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; INDEPENDENCE; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PILOT STUDY; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL BELIEF; SPOUSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY;

ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HUNTINGTON DISEASE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 34248370994     PISSN: 00099163     EISSN: 13990004     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.2007.00784.x     Document Type: Article

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