Identification of stroke carers 'at risk': A preliminary study of the predictors of carers' psychological well-being at one year post stroke

Clinical Rehabilitation

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 337-346

  Hodgson, Susan P ^a   Wood, Victorine A ^a   Langton Hewer, Richard ^a  

^a FRENCHAY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MODEL; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RISK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; WELLBEING;

EID: 0029966202     PISSN: 02692155     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/026921559601000413     Document Type: Article

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