Correlates of caregiver burden for Korean elders according to cognitive and functional status

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 853-861

  Kim, Sung Wan ^a,b   Kim, Jae Min ^b,c   Stewart, Robert ^d   Bae, Kyung Lyul ^b   Yang, Su Jin ^b   Shin, Il Seon ^a,b,c   Shin, Hee Young ^b   Yoon, Jin Sang ^b,c  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^c Chonnam National University Medical School   (South Korea)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Caregiver strain; Cognitive impairment; Dementia; Depression; Korea; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INTERVIEW; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL NETWORK; STRESS; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOLISM; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 33749338981     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1571     Document Type: Article

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