Evaluation of gender differences in caregiver burden in home care: Nagoya Longitudinal Study of the Frail Elderly (NLS-FE)

Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 91-99

  Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a,b   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Masuda, Yuichiro ^a   Enoki, Hiromi ^a   Iwata, Mitsunaga ^a   Hasegawa, Jun ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b NONE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Care management; Caregiver burden; Gender; Home visit nursing; Long term care insurance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 33748583793     PISSN: 13463500     EISSN: 14798301     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8301.2006.00158.x     Document Type: Article

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