Counsellors contact dementia caregivers - Predictors of utilisation in a longitudinal study

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Grossfeld Schmitz, Maria ^a   Donath, Carolin ^a   Holle, Rolf ^b   Lauterberg, Joerg ^c   Ruckdaeschel, Stephan ^d   Mehlig, Hilmar ^e   Marx, Peter ^f   Wunder, Sonja ^g   Gräel, Elmar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ERLANGEN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^c Federal Association of the AOK   (Germany)

^d HealthEcon Ltd   (Switzerland)

^e Eisai GmbH   (Germany)

^f PFIZER INC   (United States)

^g AOK Bavaria Health Insurer   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COUNSELING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COUNSELING; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77953303723     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-10-24     Document Type: Article

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