Major stressors facing patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS): A survey to identify their concerns and to compare with those of their caregivers

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Other Motor Neuron Disorders

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 40-45

  Trail, Marilyn ^a,b   Nelson, Naomi D ^a,b   Van, John N ^b   Appel, Stanley H ^a   Lai, Eugene C ^a,b  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Caregivers; Existential; Physical; Psychosocial; Quality of life; Stressors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY COUNSELING; FATALITY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WELLBEING;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS;

EID: 2442459878     PISSN: 14660822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14660820310016075     Document Type: Article

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