The comparison of burden between caregiving spouses of depressive and demented patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 387-393

  Leinonen, Esa ^a   Korpisammal, Lea ^a   Pulkkinen, Lea Mari ^a   Pukuri, Tarja ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMNESIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EXHAUSTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE; SUPPORT GROUP;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPOUSES;

EID: 0035001221     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.351     Document Type: Article

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