The subjective burden of informal caregivers of persons with dementia: Extended validation of the German language version of the Burden Scale for Family Caregivers (BSFC)

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 159-168

  Grau, H ^a   Graessel, E ^a   Berth, H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

Burden Scale for Family Caregivers; caregiver burden; exploratory factor analysis; reliability; validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEVICES; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; STANDARDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 84914173186     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.920296     Document Type: Article

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