Mental health and sleep of older wife caregivers for spouses with Alzheimer's disease and related disorders

Issues in Mental Health Nursing

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 837-852

  Willette Murphy, Karen ^a   Todero, Catherine ^b   Yeaworth, Rosalee ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SLEEP DISORDER; SPOUSE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; WORKLOAD;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD;

EID: 33748642194     PISSN: 01612840     EISSN: 10964673     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01612840600840711     Document Type: Article

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