Sustained informal care: The feasibility, construct validity and test-retest reliability of the CarerQol-instrument to measure the impact of informal care in long-term care

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1018-1027

  Hoefman, Renske J ^a   Van Exel, N Job A ^a   Foets, Marleen ^a   Brouwer, Werner B E ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Construct validity; Informal care; Long term care; Subjective burden; Test retest reliability

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84857666856     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.575351     Document Type: Article

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