Measuring the experience and perception of suffering

Gerontologist

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 774-784

  Schulz, Richard ^a   Monin, Joan K ^b   Czaja, Sara J ^c   Lingler, Jennifer H ^b   Beach, Scott R ^b   Martire, Lynn M ^a   Dodds, Angela ^b   Hebert, Randy S ^d   Zdaniuk, Bozena ^e   Cook, Thomas B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Forbes Hospice   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; EVALUATION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PERCEPTION; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649453278     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnq033     Document Type: Article

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