Validity and reliability of the caregiver contribution to self-care of heart failure index

Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 245-255

  Vellone, Ercole ^a   Riegel, Barbara ^b   Cocchieri, Antonello ^a   Barbaranelli, Claudio ^c   D'Agostino, Fabio ^a   Glaser, Dale ^d,e   Rocco, Gennaro ^f   Alvaro, Rosaria ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d Glaser Consulting   (United States)

^e SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Center of Excellence for Nursing Culture and Research   (Italy)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Heart failure; Instrument development; Psychometrics; Self care; Self management; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF CARE; SELF CONCEPT; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF CARE; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 84876491987     PISSN: 08894655     EISSN: 15505049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0b013e318256385e     Document Type: Article

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