Determinants of burden in those who care for someone with dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1078-1085

  Campbell, P ^a,c   Wright, J ^a   Oyebode, J ^a   Job, D ^a   Crome, P ^a   Bentham, P ^a   Jones, L ^a   Lendon, Corinne ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b QIMR BERGHOFER MEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^c KEELE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Confidence; Dementia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NEUROSIS; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TASK PERFORMANCE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED KINGDOM; VALIDATION STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57249088554     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2071     Document Type: Article

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