The burden of caregiving in partners of long-term stroke survivors

Stroke

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1605-1611

  Scholte Op Reimer, W J M ^a   De Haan, R J ^b   Rijnders, P T ^b   Limburg, M ^b   Van Den Bos, G A M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Caregivers; Stress, psychological; Stroke management

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; SPOUSE; STROKE;

EID: 0344835907     PISSN: 00392499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/01.str.29.8.1605     Document Type: Article

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