Measurement of the Caregiving Experience in Caregivers of Persons Living With Heart Failure: A Review of Current Instruments

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 577-587

  Harkness, Karen I ^a   Tranmer, Joan E ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; heart failure; psychometrics

Indexed keywords

BIBLIOGRAPHIC DATABASE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER APPRAISAL SCALE; CAREGIVER REACTION ASSESSMENT; CAREGIVER RESPONSE SCALE; CAREGIVING BURDEN SCALE; CAREGIVING DEMANDS SCALE; CINAHL; DEMOGRAPHY; EMBASE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; MEDLINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SPOUSE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CARDIAC OUTPUT, LOW; CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPOUSES;

EID: 34548423623     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2007.03.013     Document Type: Review

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