Preliminary assessment of the psychometric properties of the abridged Arabic version of the Zarit Burden Interview among caregivers of cancer patients

European Journal of Oncology Nursing

Volumn 17, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 657-660

  Bachner, Yaacov G ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Arabic; Burden; Cancer; Caregivers; Exploratory factor analysis; Zarit Burden Interview

Indexed keywords

ANXIETY; ARAB; ARABIC; ARTICLE; BURDEN; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION STUDY; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; ISRAEL; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; TRANSLATING (LANGUAGE); VALIDATION STUDY; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW;

ARABIC; BURDEN; CANCER; CAREGIVERS; EXPLORATORY FACTOR ANALYSIS; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW;

ANXIETY; ARABS; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; ISRAEL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRICS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TRANSLATING;

EID: 84883766527     PISSN: 14623889     EISSN: 15322122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejon.2013.06.005     Document Type: Article

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