Development of a burden scale for caregivers of dementia patients

Asian Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 22-25

  Taemeeyapradit, Unchulee ^a   Udomittipong, Dussadee ^a   Assanangkornchai, Sawitri ^b  

^a Songkhlarajanakarindra Psychiatric Hospital   (Thailand)

^b PRINCE OF SONGKLA UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Burden scale; Caregiver; Dementia; Factor structure

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; INTERVIEW; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MENTAL PATIENT; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL ASPECT; THAI DEMENTIA PATIENTS CAREGIVER BURDEN SCALE; THAILAND;

BURDEN SCALE; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FACTOR STRUCTURE;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; THAILAND;

EID: 84896392358     PISSN: 18762018     EISSN: 18762026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajp.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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