Determinants of carer stress in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 248-256

  Donaldson, C ^a   Tarrier, N ^a   Burns, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Carers; Dementia; Elderly; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; GENDER; HALLUCINATION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLEEP DISORDER; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031923932     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199804)13:4<248::AID-GPS770>3.0.CO;2-0     Document Type: Article

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