Changes in caregiving satisfaction and information needs among relatives of adults with mental illness: Results of a randomized evaluation of a family-led education intervention

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-553

  Pickett Schenk, Susan A ^a   Bennett, Cynthia ^a   Cook, Judith A ^a   Steigman, Pamela ^a   Lippincott, Richard ^b   Villagracia, Ian ^a   Grey, Dennis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS FOR MEDICAL SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving satisfaction; Family caregiving; Family led education; Information needs; Intervention effectiveness; Mental illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELATIVE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; EMPATHY; FEMALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846184146     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.4.545     Document Type: Article

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