Vulnerability of husband and wife caregivers of Alzheimer disease patients to caregiving stressors

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 201-210

  Croog, Sydney H ^a   Sudilovsky, Abraham ^b   Burleson, Joseph A ^a   Baume, Robert M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Department of Public Health   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease caregiving; Anxiety; Caregiver well being; Depressive symptoms; Spouse caregivers; Vulnerability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; WELLBEING;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDIES; NOOTROPIC AGENTS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SICK ROLE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0035205442     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002093-200110000-00006     Document Type: Article

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