Predictors of improvement in social support: Five-year effects of a structured intervention for caregivers of spouses with Alzheimer's disease

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 957-967

  Drentea, Patricia ^a   Clay, Olivio J ^a   Roth, David L ^a   Mittelman, Mary S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Intervention; Social support; USA

Indexed keywords

DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE TREATMENT; HEALTH CARE; NEUROLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREDICTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PROGRAM EVALUATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SPOUSES; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745221639     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2006.02.020     Document Type: Article

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