Perseverance Time of Informal Caregivers for Institutionalized Elderly: Construct Validity and Test-Retest Reliability of a Single-Question Instrument

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2016, Pages 761-762

  Richters, Anke ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G ^a   van Exel, N Job ^b   Melis, René J ^c   van der Marck, Marjolein A ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZED ELDERLY; LETTER; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; TEST RETEST RELIABILITY; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCIBILITY;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; PSYCHOMETRICS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84992088278     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2016.05.001     Document Type: Letter

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