Development and preliminary evaluation of a quality of life measure targeted at dementia caregivers

Health and Quality of Life Outcomes

Volumn 7, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Vickrey, Barbara G ^a   Hays, Ron D ^a   Maines, Michele L ^a   Vassar, Stefanie D ^a   Fitten, Jaime ^a   Strickland, Tony ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; ETHNICITY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; EVALUATION; HEALTH SURVEY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY; STATISTICS; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TELEPHONE;

EID: 67651047144     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14777525     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1477-7525-7-56     Document Type: Article

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