The burden of spousal caregiving: A preliminary psychometric evaluation of the German version of the Zarit Burden Interview

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 159-167

  Braun, Melanie ^a   Scholz, Urte ^a   Hornung, Rainer ^a   Martin, Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Burden; Dementia caregiving; Psychometric evaluation; Validity; Zarit Burden Interview

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SPOUSE; STANDARD;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LANGUAGE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77951039632     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802459781     Document Type: Review

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