Reliability and validity of the caregiver quality of life index-cancer (CQOLC) scale in Turkish cancer caregivers

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 21, 2009, Pages 3003-3012

  Bektas, Hicran A ^a   Ozer, Zeynep C ^a  

^a AKDENIZ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Caregiver Quality of Life Index Cancer; Quality of Life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TURKEY;

EID: 70349929494     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2009.02915.x     Document Type: Article

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