Carer distress in the general population: Results from the Sydney Older Persons Study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 307-311

  Broe, Gerald A ^a   Jorm, Anthony F ^a,b   Creasey, Helen ^a   Casey, Barney ^a   Bennett, Hayley ^a   Cullen, John ^a   Edelbrock, Dorothy ^a   Waite, Louise ^a   Grayson, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carers; Control; Disability; Elderly people; Life satisfaction; Psychiatric symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; DISABILITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LIFE SATISFACTION; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MENTAL DISEASE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUESTIONNAIRE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PERSONALITY INVENTORY;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS PHAGE 187;

EID: 0032949493     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/28.3.307     Document Type: Article

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