Caregiver burden among poor caregivers of patients with cancer in an urban African setting

Psycho-Oncology

Volumn 20, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 902-905

  Yusuf, Abdulkareem Jika ^a   Adamu, Abdullahi ^a   Nuhu, Folorunsho Tajudeen ^b  

^a AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b Federal Neuro Psychiatry Hospital   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

burden; cancer; caregiver; oncology; psychological morbidity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NEOPLASM; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; URBAN AREA;

CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NIGERIA; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 79960709768     PISSN: 10579249     EISSN: 10991611     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pon.1814     Document Type: Article

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