Behaviour disturbance and other predictors of carer burden in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 331-336

  Coen, Robert F ^a,b   Swanwick, Gregory R J ^a   O'Boyle, Ciaran A ^b   Coakley, Davis ^a  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Behaviour disturbance; Carer burden; Dementia; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR DISORDERS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0030932856     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199703)12:3<331::AID-GPS495>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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