Family Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: Characteristics of Caregivers at Risk for Depression

Rehabilitation Psychology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 172-179

  Grant, Joan S ^a,b   Weaver, Michael ^a   Elliott, Timothy R ^a   Bartolucci, Alfred A ^a   Giger, Joyce Newman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PSYCHOLOGIST; RATING SCALE; RISK; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; SURVIVAL;

EID: 2342592032     PISSN: 00905550     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0090-5550.49.2.172     Document Type: Article

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