The psychosocial burden on spouses of the elderly with stroke, dementia and Parkinson's disease

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 78-84

  Thommessen, Bente ^a   Aarsland, Dag ^a   Braekhus, Anne ^b   Oksengaard, Anne Rita ^c   Engedal, Knut ^a   Laake, Knut ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c Norwegian Centre for Dementia Research   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carer burden; Cognitive impairment; Elderly; Mild dementia; Parkinson's disease; Stroke

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; COVARIANCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PATIENT CARE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIABILITY; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; STRESS; STROKE; SYMPTOM; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA, VASCULAR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; NORWAY; PARKINSON DISEASE; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPOUSES;

EID: 0036161170     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.524     Document Type: Article

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