Family caregivers' assessment of symptoms in persons with dementia using the GBSscale: Differences in rating after psychosocial intervention - an 18-month follow-up study

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 9-18

  Dahlrup, Beth ^a   Nordell, Eva ^a   Andrén, Signe ^a   Elmståhl, Sölve ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dementia; Education; Family caregivers; GBS scale; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO MENTAL ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR; BERGER SCALE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRACTIBILITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTION; FAMILY ASSESSMENT; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GOTTFRIES BRANE STEEN SCALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE; INTERVENTION STUDY; KATZ INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEMORY DISORDER; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SATISFACTION; SURVIVOR; SYMPTOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; HOSPITALIZATION; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 80051628759     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S14237     Document Type: Article

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