Quality of life in a Brazilian sample of patients with Parkinson's disease and their caregivers

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 209-211

  Schestatsky, Pedro ^a   Zanatto, Vanessa Cassina ^b   Margis, Regina ^a   Chachamovich, Eduardo ^a   Reche, Mateus ^b   Batista, Rodrigo Gomes ^b   Fricke, Daniele ^a   Rieder, Carlos R M ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Evaluation studies; Parkinson disease; Quality of life; Validity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL ASPECT;

EID: 33749392800     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: 15164446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s1516-44462006000300013     Document Type: Article

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