A one-year randomized controlled psychosocial intervention study among family carers of dementia patients - Effects on patients and carers

Dementia and Geriatric Cognitive Disorders

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 469-475

  Ulstein, Ingun D ^a,b,c,d   Sandvik, Leiv ^b   Bruun Wyller, Torgeir ^c   Engedal, Knut ^a,c,d  

^a Norwegian Centre for Dementia Research   (Norway)

^b ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Burden of care; Dementia; Neuropsychiatric Inventory; Psychosocial intervention; Relatives' Stress Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY SCORE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; RELATIVES STRESS SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTHERAPY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 36448981454     PISSN: 14208008     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000110740     Document Type: Article

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