Update on the Family Strain Questionnaire: A tool for the general screening of caregiving-related problems

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1425-1434

  Ferrario, Silvia Rossi ^a   Baiardi, Paola ^a   Zotti, Anna Maria ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Assessment; Caregiving; Chronic diseases; Questionnaire; Strain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONALITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTIC; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIOECONOMICS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 4544226528     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:QURE.0000040795.78742.72     Document Type: Article

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