Psychometric testing of the caregiver quality of life index-cancer on a Taiwanese family caregiver sample

Cancer Nursing

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 220-229

  Tang, Woung Ru ^a   Tang, Siew Tzuh ^a   Kao, Chen Yi ^b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Caregiver; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; DYING; ECONOMIC ASPECT; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERMINAL DISEASE; WELLBEING;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTILINGUALISM; NEOPLASMS; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY; TAIWAN; TERMINAL CARE; TRANSLATING;

EID: 67651089824     PISSN: 0162220X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NCC.0b013e31819b5ae8     Document Type: Article

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