A new measure of 'lay' care-giver activities

Kidney International

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 230-236

  Horsburgh, Martha E ^a   Laing, Gail P ^b   Beanlands, Heather J ^a   Meng, Annie X ^c   Harwood, Lori ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b SASKATOON HEALTH REGION   (Canada)

^c RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d LONDON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Adults; Burden; Caregiving; Dialysis; Health services; Measurement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LAY CARE GIVING FOR ADULTS RECEIVING DIALYSIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 46249111592     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ki.2008.163     Document Type: Article

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