Impact of a child's chronic illness on maternal sleep and daytime functioning

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 166, Issue 16, 2006, Pages 1749-1755

  Meltzer, Lisa J ^a,b   Mindell, Jodi A ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PHILADELPHIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c SAINT JOSEPH S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDITATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SELF REPORT; SLEEP DISORDER; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP WAKING CYCLE; STRESS; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DEPRESSION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PENNSYLVANIA; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33748771963     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.166.16.1749     Document Type: Article

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