Psychosocial condition of family caregivers of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Hong Kong

East Asian Archives of Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 180-185

  Lee, Edwin ^a   Lum, Chor Ming ^b   Xiang, Yu Tao ^a   Ungvari, Gabor Sador ^a   Tang, Wai Kwong ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Cost of illness; Pulmonary disease, chronic obstructive; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HONG KONG; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL NETWORK; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 78651298838     PISSN: 20789947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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