Development of a caregiver burden questionnaire for the patients with dementia in Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 1, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-241

  Abdollahpour, Ibrahim ^a   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^b   Noroozian, Maryam ^a   Golestan, Banafsheh ^a   Majdzadeh, Reza ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Content validity; Dementia; Questionnaire development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMPREHENSION; CONTENT VALIDITY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENT VALIDATION; IRAN; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIABILITY; REPRODUCIBILITY;

EID: 79952052164     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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