Health status assessment tool for the family member caregiver of patients with bipolar disorder: Development and psychometric testing

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 222-227

  Shamsaei, Farshid ^a   Kermanshahi, Sima Mohamad Khan ^b   Vanaki, Zohreh ^b   Hajizadeh, Ebrahim ^b   Holtforth, Martin Grosse ^c   Cheragi, Fatemeh ^d  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^d HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; Family member caregiver; Health assessment; Psychometric; Tool development

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; EMOTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MORALITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAREGIVERS; FAMILY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84877136614     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2012.12.013     Document Type: Article

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