Health-related quality of life during the bereavement period of caregivers of a deceased elderly person

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 501-509

  Rebollo, P ^a,b   Alonso, J ^a,c   Ramon, I ^d   Vilagut, G ^a   Santed, R ^a   Pujol, R ^e   Camp, L ^f   Florensa, E ^f   Gomez Batiste X ^f   Gonzalez C ^f   Mascaro J ^f   Riquelme, M ^f   Saiz N ^f   Subirats, E ^f   Vila, T ^f  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO CENTRAL DE ASTURIAS   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^d HOSPITAL GENERAL DE VIC   (Spain)

^e HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Attitude to death; Bereavement; Caregiver; Depression; Elderly; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CALCULATION; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RELATIVE; REVIEW; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

ADULT; AGED; BEREAVEMENT; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN;

EID: 20244370897     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-004-5331-5     Document Type: Review

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