Validity and reliability of the sf-36 administered to caregivers of patients with alzheimer's disease: Evidence from a South American sample

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 206-212

  MacHnicki, Gerardo ^a   Allegri, Ricardo F ^a,b   Ranalli, Cristina G ^a   Serrano, Cecilia M ^a,b   Dillon, Carol ^a   Wyrwich, Kathleen W ^c   Taragano, Fernando E ^b  

^a Hospital General de Agudos Dr Abel Zubizarreta   (Argentina)

^b CEMIC   (Argentina)

^c UNITED BIOSOURCE CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver; Quality of life; SF 36

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SHORT FORM 36; SOUTH AMERICA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARGENTINA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 70049097437     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000236912     Document Type: Article

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