Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 535-542 , May 2010

Short-form Zarit Caregiver Burden Interviews were valid in advanced conditions

  • Irene J. Higginson

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, King's College London, Weston Education Centre, 3rd Floor, Cutcombe Road, Denmark Hill, London SE5 9RJ, United Kingdom. Tel.: +44-0-20-7848-5516; fax: +44-0-20-7848-5517.
    • ,
  • Wei Gao

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Diana Jackson

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Joanna Murray

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Health Service and Population Research Department, Institute of Psychiatry, David Goldberg Centre, London, United Kingdom
    • ,
  • Richard Harding

      Affiliations

    • King's College London, Department of Palliative Care, Policy and Rehabilitation, School of Medicine at Guy's, King's College and St Thomas' Hospitals, London, United Kingdom

,Accepted 3 June 2009.

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 Competing interests: None.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2009.06.014

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology
Volume 63, Issue 5 , Pages 535-542 , May 2010

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