Tools to measure quality of life and carer burden in informal carers of heart failure patients: A narrative review

Palliative Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 596-607

  Whittingham, Katharine ^a   Barnes, Sarah ^b   Gardiner, Clare ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caregivers; carer burden; Heart failure; informal carers; measurement tools; quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE; CARDIAC PATIENT; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER REACTION ASSESSMENT; CAREGIVING APPRAISAL SCALE; DEMOGRAPHY; GENDER; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; QUALITY CONTROL; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SATISFACTION; WELLBEING;

CAREGIVERS; CARER BURDEN; HEART FAILURE; INFORMAL CARERS; MEASUREMENT TOOLS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

AGE FACTORS; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MALE; NARRATION; NEW YORK; PALLIATIVE CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84879768575     PISSN: 02692163     EISSN: 1477030X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0269216313477179     Document Type: Review

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