Components of the difficulties, satisfactions and management strategies of carers of older people: A principal component analysis of CADI-CASI-CAMI

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 255-264

  McKee, Kevin ^a   Spazzafumo, Liana ^b   Nolan, Mike ^a   Wojszel, Beata ^c   Lamura, Giovanni ^b   Bien, Barbara ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

^b INRCA   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF BIALYSTOK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Assessment; Burden; Caregiving; Coping; Intervention

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREER PLANNING; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; EUROPE; EVALUATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SATISFACTION;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 67949099121     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802342219     Document Type: Article

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