The Italian version of the FAMCARE scale: a validation study

Supportive Care in Cancer

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 3821-3830

  Chattat, Rabih ^a   Ottoboni, Giovanni ^a   Zeneli, Anita ^b   Berardi, Maria Alejandra ^b   Cossu, Veronica ^a   Maltoni, Marco ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b DEPARTMENT OF MEDICAL ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer patients; Cancer services; Care satisfaction; Caregivers; FAMCARE scale validation; Self reported instruments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; FAMCARE SCALE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; SATISFACTION; SIBLING; SPOUSE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; VALIDATION PROCESS; VALIDATION STUDY; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; PSYCHOMETRY; REPRODUCIBILITY; SELF REPORT; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; VALIDATION STUDIES AS TOPIC;

EID: 84962834088     PISSN: 09414355     EISSN: 14337339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00520-016-3187-1     Document Type: Article

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