Caregiver burden and depressive symptomatology: The association between constructs over time

Clinical Gerontologist

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 41-52

  O'Rourke, Norm ^a   Tuokko, Holly A ^b  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Burden; Dementia; Depression; Informal caregivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREDICTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

EID: 2442662586     PISSN: 07317115     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J018v27n04_05     Document Type: Article

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