Stressors, social support, depressive symptoms and general health status of Taiwanese caregivers of persons with stroke or Alzheimer's disease

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 502-511

  Huang, Chiung Yu ^a   Sousa, Valmi D ^b   Perng, Shao Jen ^c   Hwang, Mei Yi ^d   Tsai, Chun Ching ^e   Huang, Mei Huang ^e   Yao, Shu Ying ^f  

^a I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c TZU CHI COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^d KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e MEIHO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f Nursing Department   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Depression; General health; Nursing; Social support; Stress

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 58349105283     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2008.02443.x     Document Type: Article

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