Psychosocial effects on caregivers for children on chronic peritoneal dialysis

Kidney International

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1983-1987

  Tsai, T C ^a,b   Liu, S I ^a   Tsai, J D ^a   Chou, L H ^a  

^a MACKAY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Chronic kidney failure; Depression; Pediatrics; Peritoneal dialysis; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; TAIWANESE DEPRESSION QUESTIONNAIRE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION QUALITY OF LIFE BRIEF TAIWAN VERSION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 33845264168     PISSN: 00852538     EISSN: 15231755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ki.5001811     Document Type: Article

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