Correlates of intrusion and avoidance as stress response symptoms in family carers of patients suffering from dementia

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1051-1057

  Ulstein, Ingun ^a   Wyller, Torgeir Bruun ^b   Engedal, Knut ^a,b  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Carers; Dementia; Distress; Impact of Event Scale; Stress response

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; IMPACT OF EVENTS SCALE; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHIATRY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SPOUSE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY; STRESS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 57249097801     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2032     Document Type: Article

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