Caregiver burden, health-related quality of life and coping in dementia caregivers: A comparison of frontotemporal dementia and Alzheimer's disease

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 5-6, 2006, Pages 405-412

  Riedijk, S R ^a   De Vugt, M E ^b   Duivenvoorden, H J ^a   Niermeijer, M F ^c   Van Swieten, J C ^a   Verhey, F R J ^b   Tibben, A ^d  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d LEIDEN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Coping strategies; Health related quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33750919260     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000095750     Document Type: Article

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