The moderating role of personal mastery on the relationship between caregiving status and multiple dimensions of fatigue

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1453-1462

  Roepke, Susan K ^a,b   Mausbach, Brent T ^b   Von Käne, Roland ^b,c   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^b,d   Harmell, Alexandrea L ^b   Dimsdale, Joel E ^b   Aschbacher, Kirstin ^a,b   Mills, Paul J ^b   Patterson, Thomas L ^b,d   Grant, Igor ^b,d  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d VA SAN DIEGO HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregiving; Control; Coping; Exhaustion; Fatigue

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EMOTION; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FATIGUE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY;

EID: 73249141471     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2286     Document Type: Article

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