Validity and reliability of the zarit burden interview in assessing caregiving burden

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 759-763

  Seng, Boon Kheng ^a   Luo, Nan ^b   Ng, Wai Yee ^b   Lim, June ^c   Chionh, Hui Ling ^d   Goh, Jenny ^d   Yap, Philip ^d  

^a Singapore Institute of Management   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^d ALEXANDRA HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Dementia; Scale; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BURDEN ASSESSMENT SCALE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES SCALE; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; REVISED MEMORY AND BEHAVIOR PROBLEMS CHECKLIST; SINGAPORE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHNOLOGY; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STANDARD; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 78649314498     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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