Family Burden Interview Scale for relatives of psychiatric patients (FBIS-BR): reliability study of the Brazilian version Escala de sobrecarga de familiares de pacientes psiquiátricos (FBIS-BR): estudo de confiabilidade da versão brasileira

OBJECTIVE: Psychiatric deinstitutionalization resulted in greater involvement of families in daily care of patients. Family caregivers burden has been described by international researches. In Brazil very few studies investigated family burden with validated scales, perhaps due to the restrict avail...

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Main Authors: Marina Bandeira, Maria Gláucia Pires Calzavara, Lucas Cordeiro Freitas, Sabrina Martins Barroso
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2007-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462007000100014