Family demands, social support and caregiver burden in Taiwanese family caregivers living with mental illness: The role of family caregiver gender

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 23-24, 2010, Pages 3494-3503

  Hsiao, Chiu Yueh ^a  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Demands; Gender; Social support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN;

EID: 78649555816     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03315.x     Document Type: Article

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