Psychometric testing of the Caregiver Quality of Life Index-Cancer scale in an Iranian sample of family caregivers to newly diagnosed breast cancer women

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages 573-584

  Khanjari, Sedigheh ^a,b   Oskouie, Fatemeh ^b   Langius Eklöf, Ann ^c  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregiver Quality of Life Index Cancer; Confirmatory factor analysis; Family caregivers; Quality of life; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST TUMOR; CAREGIVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855354889     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03850.x     Document Type: Article

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