Personality features, caring burden and mental health of cohabitants of partners with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 318-326

  Nordtug, Bente ^a,b   Krokstad, Steinar ^c,d   Holen, Are ^b  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's; caregiver; pulmonary diseases; spouses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; NORWAY; NURSING; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUALITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORWAY; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOMETRICS; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 79956193184     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.519319     Document Type: Article

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