Caregiver depression is associated with a low sense of coherence and health-related quality of life

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 799-807

  Valimaki, Tarja H ^a   Vehviläinen Julkunen, Katri M ^a   Pietilä, Anna Maija K ^a   Pirttilä, Tuula A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Dementia; Depression; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 70449417777     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860903046487     Document Type: Article

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