Impact of a psychoeducational intervention on caregiver response to behavioral problems

Nursing Research

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 363-374

  Gerdner, Linda A ^a   Buckwalter, Kathleen C ^b   Reed, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Dementia; Family caregiving; Problematic behaviors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARIZONA; CAREGIVERS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH EDUCATION; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036831460     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200211000-00004     Document Type: Article

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