Anxiety and depression in caregivers are associated with patient and caregiver characteristics in Alzheimer's disease

International Journal of Psychiatry in Medicine

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-69

  García Alberca, José María ^a,b   Lara, José Pablo ^b   Berthier, Marcelo Luis ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ANDALUZ DE NEUROCIENCIA Y CONDUCTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; anxiety; caregiver burden; depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HOURS OF ATTENTION TO THE BASIC ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATE TRAIT ANXIETY INVENTORY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 79551580103     PISSN: 00912174     EISSN: 15413527     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2190/PM.41.1.f     Document Type: Article

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