Factors of importance to the caregiver burden experienced by family caregivers of Parkinson's disease patients

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 371-377

  Caap Ahlgren, Marianne ^a   Dehlin, Ove ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Elderly; Geriatric depression scale (GDS); Parkinson's disease; PDQ 39; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EXPERIENCE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSE PATIENT RELATIONSHIP; OUTPATIENT CARE; PARKINSON DISEASE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION;

EID: 0038077358     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324464     Document Type: Article

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