Measuring appraisal during advanced cancer: Psychometric testing of the appraisal of caregiving scale

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 633-639

  Lambert, Sylvie D ^a   Yoon, Hyojin ^b   Ellis, Katrina R ^b   Northouse, Laurel ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Advanced cancer; Appraisal; Cancer; Family caregiver; Oncology; Psychometrics; Stress and coping

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; APPRAISAL OF CAREGIVING SCALE; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONCEPT ANALYSIS; CONCURRENT VALIDITY; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; EXPLORATORY RESEARCH; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; THREAT AND GENERAL STRESS SCORE; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; DIAGNOSIS; ETIOLOGY; FACTOR ANALYSIS; FAMILY; MENTAL STRESS; MICHIGAN; NEOPLASM; NURSING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICHIGAN; NEOPLASMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUALITY OF LIFE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84933280297     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: 18735134     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pec.2015.01.009     Document Type: Article

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