Associations between caregiver-perceived delirium in patients with cancer and generalized anxiety in their caregivers

Journal of Palliative Medicine

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1083-1092

  Buss, Mary K ^a,c   Vanderwerker, Lauren C ^a   Inouye, Sharon K ^b   Zhang, Baohui ^a   Block, Susan D ^a   Prigerson, Holly G ^a  

^a BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIRIUM; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PALLIATIVE CARE; PERCEPTION; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 35948986710     PISSN: 10966218     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2006.0253     Document Type: Article

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