Reliability and validity of the Chinese version of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment

Psychiatry and Clinical Neurosciences

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 254-263

  Ge, Cuixia ^a   Yang, Xiaoshi ^a   Fu, Jialiang ^a   Chang, Ying ^a   Wei, Jiansi ^a   Zhang, Fengjiao ^a   Nutifafa, Attah Ellis ^a   Wang, Lie ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Caregiver Reaction Assessment; China; family caregivers; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER REACTION ASSESSMENT; CHINESE; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES AND PROCEDURES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79955065557     PISSN: 13231316     EISSN: 14401819     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1819.2011.02200.x     Document Type: Article

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