Insomnia in Caregivers of Persons with Dementia: Who is at Risk and What Can be Done About It?

Sleep Medicine Clinics

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 519-526

  McCurry, Susan M ^a   Gibbons, Laura E ^b   Logsdon, Rebecca G ^a   Vitiello, Michael V ^c   Teri, Linda ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers; Dementia; Depression; Insomnia; Sleep

Indexed keywords

AGE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COPING BEHAVIOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DIET THERAPY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INSOMNIA; KINESIOTHERAPY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL PATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP PATTERN; SLEEP TIME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 70350576237     PISSN: 1556407X     EISSN: 15564088     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsmc.2009.07.005     Document Type: Review

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