Stroke caregivers' strain: Prevalence and determinants in the first six months after stroke

Disability and Rehabilitation

Volumn 30, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 523-530

  Ilse, Ilse Baert ^a   Feys, Hilde ^a   de Wit, Liesbet ^a   Putman, Koen ^b   de Weerdt, Willy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b FACULTY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Determinants; Prevalence; Strain; Stroke

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE DURATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BELGIUM; CAREGIVERS; COHORT STUDIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE;

EID: 41449090626     PISSN: 09638288     EISSN: 14645165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09638280701355645     Document Type: Article

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