Quality of life, time commitment and burden perceived by the principal informal caregiver of Alzheimer's patients;Calidad de vida, tiempo de dedicación y carga percibida por el cuidador principal informal del enfermo de Alzheimer

Atencion Primaria

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 170-177

  Llach, Xavier Badia ^a,b   Suriñach, N Lara ^b   Gamisans, M Roset ^b  

^a HOSPITAL DE LA SANTA CREU I SANT PAU   (Spain)

^b Health Outcomes Research Europe   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Caregiver; Quality of life; Zarit scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SPAIN; TIME;

EID: 7644236884     PISSN: 02126567     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13065825     Document Type: Article

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