(Impact of informal caregiving on caregivers' health and quality of life: analysis of gender inequalities);Impacto del cuidado informal en la salud y la calidad de vida de las personas cuidadoras: análisis de las desigualdades de género

Gaceta Sanitaria

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 443-450

  Larrañaga, Isabel ^a,b   Martín, Unai ^b,c,d   Bacigalupe, Amaia ^d,e   María Begiristáin, José ^a   José Valderrama, María ^b   Arregi, Begoña ^b  

^a Gobierno Vasco   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c O Berri Basque Institute for Healthcare Innovation   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e Servicio de Estudios e Investigacion Sanitaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Gender inequalities; Health inequalities; Health related quality of life; Informal care; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 59949085385     PISSN: 02139111     EISSN: 15781283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13126925     Document Type: Article

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