Focus on research methods assessment of caregivers' willingness to participate in an intervention research study

Research in Nursing and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 347-355

  Murphy, Margaret R ^a   Escamilla, Monica I ^a,d   Blackwell, Paula H ^a,d   Lucke, Kathy T ^b   Miner Williams, Denise ^a,d   Shaw, Virginia ^a,e   Lewis, Sharon L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

^c SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^d South Texas Veterans Health Care System ^*

^e School of Nursing

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers; Qualitative research; Recruitment; Retention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT SELECTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DECISION MAKING; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOME NURSING; HUMAN EXPERIMENTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CONCEPT; SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250807839     PISSN: 01606891     EISSN: 1098240X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nur.20186     Document Type: Review

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