Psychological distress of caregivers: Moderator effects of caregiver resources?

Patient Education and Counseling

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 235-240

  Pot, A M ^a   Deeg, D J H ^a   Van Dyck, R ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Coping; Dementia; Moderator; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; NEUROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0034283906     PISSN: 07383991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0738-3991(99)00081-6     Document Type: Article

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