Dementia patient suffering and caregiver depression

Alzheimer Disease and Associated Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 170-176

  Schulz, Richard ^a,c   McGinnis, Kathleen A ^c   Zhang, Song ^b   Martire, Lynn M ^a,c   Hebert, Randy S ^a   Beach, Scott R ^c   Zdaniuk, Bozena ^c   Czaja, Sara J ^d   Belle, Steven H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anti depressant use; Caregiving; Dementia; Depression; Suffering

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG USE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HOME CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK; UNITED STATES;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 46249110641     PISSN: 08930341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e31816653cc     Document Type: Article

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