Problem-solving counseling for caregivers of the cognitively impaired: Effective for whom?

Nursing Research

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 162-172

  Roberts, Jacqueline ^a   Browne, Gina ^a   Milne, Carolyn ^a   Spooner, Linda ^a   Gafni, Amiram ^a   Drummond Young, Michele ^a   LeGris, Jeannette ^a   Watt, Susan ^a   LeClair, Ken ^a   Beaumont, Lesley ^a   Roberts, Jeremy ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Counseling; Health service utilization

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CANADA; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; NURSING; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HEALTH EXPENDITURES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0033129909     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-199905000-00006     Document Type: Article

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