Caregiving for Parkinson's disease patients: An exploration of a stress-appraisal model for quality of life and burden

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Goldsworthy, Belinda ^a   Knowles, Simon ^a  

^a SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver; Parkinson's disease; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; ONLINE ANALYSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF ESTEEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; THEORETICAL MODEL; WORKING TIME;

EID: 57749210222     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/63.6.P372     Document Type: Article

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