Impact on health-related quality of life and perceived burden of informal caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's disease

Neuroepidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 136-142

  Serrano Aguilar, P G ^a,c   Lopez Bastida, J ^a,b   Yanes Lopez, V ^a  

^a Canary Islands Health Service   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO NUESTRA SEÑORA DE CANDELARIA   (Spain)

^c Servicio de Evaluación Del Servicio Canario de la Salud SESCS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiver burden; Caregiving; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 33750456190     PISSN: 02515350     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095760     Document Type: Article

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