Caregiver characteristics are associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 796-803

  Sink, Kaycee M ^a   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^b,d   Barnes, Deborah E ^c   Newcomer, Robert J ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^c,d  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Behavior; Burden; Caregivers; Dementia; Neuropsychiatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL FEATURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; SEX DETERMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33744989701     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00697.x     Document Type: Article

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