Does Caregiving Stress Affect Cognitive Function in Older Women?

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 51-57

  Lee, Sunmin ^a,b   Kawachi, Ichiro ^a,b   Grodstein, Francine ^a,b  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPOUSE; STRESS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSES; PSYCHOMETRICS; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0347763393     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000106000.02232.30     Document Type: Article

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