Family Caregiving for Patients With Heart Failure: Types of Care Provided and Gender Differences

Journal of Cardiac Failure

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 398-403

  Hwang, Boyoung ^a   Luttik, Marie Louise ^b   Dracup, Kathleen ^a   Jaarsma, Tiny ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Caregiving task; gender difference; heart failure; partner; spouse

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPOUSE; TASK PERFORMANCE;

AGED; ATTITUDE; CAREGIVERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EMOTIONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT CARE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPOUSES; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS;

EID: 77951625828     PISSN: 10719164     EISSN: 15328414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cardfail.2009.12.019     Document Type: Article

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