Burden among male caregivers assisting people with multiple sclerosis

Gender Medicine

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 637-646

  Buchanan, Robert J ^a   Radin, Dagmar ^a   Huang, Chunfeng ^b  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

burden; informal caregiver; males; multiple sclerosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PERCEPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT FORM 8;

CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; WORK SCHEDULE TOLERANCE;

EID: 78650907519     PISSN: 15508579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.genm.2010.11.009     Document Type: Article

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