Measuring family caregiver efficacy for managing behavioral and psychological symptoms in dementia: A psychometric evaluation

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 93-103

  Crellin, Nadia ^a,b   Charlesworth, Georgina ^a,b   Orrell, Martin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Behavioral and psychological symptoms; Caregiving; Dementia; Psychometrics; Self efficacy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER EFFICACY SCALE; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CRITERION RELATED VALIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84890040975     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213001646     Document Type: Article

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