Short-term effects of a group support program and an individual support program for caregivers of stroke patients

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 109-120

  Van den Heuvel,, Elisabeth T P ^a   De Witte, Luc P ^b,c   Nooyen Haazen, Ingrid ^b   Sanderman, Robbert ^a   Meyboom de Jong, Betty ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE FOR REHABILITATION RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cognitively impaired elderly; Intervention study; Stroke patients; Support programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; EDUCATION; HOME CARE; INTERVIEW; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; TYPES OF STUDY;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COGNITION DISORDERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTHERAPY, GROUP; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 0034193766     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00066-X     Document Type: Article

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