Marital quality in the context of mild cognitive impairment

Western Journal of Nursing Research

Volumn 29, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 976-992

  Garand, Linda ^a   Dew, Mary Amanda ^a   Urda, Bridget ^a   Lingler, Jennifer Hagerty ^a   Dekosky, Steven T ^a   Reynolds III, Charles F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving stressors; Marital quality; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE PLAYING; SATISFACTION; SPOUSE; UNITED STATES;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL DISORDERS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PENNSYLVANIA; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; ROLE; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35648933537     PISSN: 01939459     EISSN: 15528456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0193945907303086     Document Type: Article

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