Validity, reliability, and feasibility of the German version of the Caregiver Reaction Assessment scale (G-CRA): A validation study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1621-1628

  Stephan, Astrid ^a   Mayer, Herbert ^a,b   Guiteras, Anna Renom ^a   Meyer, Gabriele ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

^b Mathias Hochschule Rheine University of Applied Sciences   (Germany)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

caregivers; dementia; feasibility; long term care; psychometric properties; rating scales

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; GERMAN CAREGIVER REACTION ASSESSMENT SCALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; VALIDATION STUDY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84883166367     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213001178     Document Type: Article

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