Psychometric evaluation of the anticipatory grief scale in a sample of family caregivers in the context of palliative care

Psychometric evaluation of the anticipatory grief scale in a sample of family caregivers in the context of palliative care

Abstract Introduction In palliative care, family caregivers are often faced with experiences of grief in anticipation of the loss of a close person. An instrument designed to measure this form of grief is the Anticipatory Grief Scale, which includes 27 items and has been used in several studies in v...

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Main Authors: Maja Holm, Anette Alvariza, Carl-Johan Fürst, Joakim Öhlen, Kristofer Årestedt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-03-01
Series:Health and Quality of Life Outcomes
Subjects:
Anticipatory grief
Palliative care
Family caregivers
Instrument development
Factor analysis
Nursing
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12955-019-1110-4

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