Relative importance of patient disease indicators on informal care and caregiver burden in Alzheimer's disease

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-85

  Bergvall, Niklas ^a   Brinck, Per ^b   Eek, Daniel ^b   Gustavsson, Anders ^a,c   Wimo, Anders ^c   Winblad, Bengt ^c   Jönsson, Linus ^a  

^a i3 Innovus ^*  (Sweden)

^b ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

ADL abilities; Alzheimer; behavioural disturbances; cognition; predictors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREDICTION; SCORING SYSTEM; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79951681155     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210000785     Document Type: Article

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