Caregiving experiences and knowledge about dementia in Portuguese clinical outpatient settings

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 270-280

  Gonçalves Pereira, Manuel ^a   Carmo, Isabel ^b   Da Silva, Joaquim Alves ^a,c   Papoila, Ana L ^a   Mateos, Raimundo ^d   Zarit, Steven H ^e  

^a NOVA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

^c Hospital San Francisco Xavier   (Portugal)

^d University Hospital of Santiago de Compostela   (Spain)

^e PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Caregivers; Carers; Health knowledge; Psychological stress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVING ACTIVITY SURVEY; DEMENTIA; DEMENTIA KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONNAIRE; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXPERIENCE; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 12; HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PORTUGAL; POSITIVE ASPECTS OF CAREGIVING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPOUSES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 77950576606     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209991050     Document Type: Article

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