Caregiving in severe mental illness: The psychometric properties of the Involvement Evaluation Questionnaire in Portugal

Annals of General Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Gonçalves Pereira, Manuel ^a   van Wijngaarden, Bob ^b   Xavier, Miguel ^a   Papoila, Ana L ^a   Caldas de Almeida, José M ^a   Schene, Aart H ^c  

^a NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^b NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Crosscultural psychiatry; Family member; Measurement validation; Questionnaires; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRIEF PSYCHIATRIC RATING SCALE; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DELUSIONAL DISORDER; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF FUNCTIONING; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INVOLVEMENT EVALUATION QUESTIONNAIRE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION DISABILITY ASSESSMENT SCHEDULE;

EID: 84861785382     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1744859X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1744-859X-11-8     Document Type: Article

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