Attitudes towards Alzheimer's disease as a risk factor for caregiver burden

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1451-1461

  Zawadzki, L ^a   Mondon, K ^a   Peru, N ^a   Hommet, C ^a,b   Constans, T ^a,b   Gaillard, Ph ^a,b   Camus, V ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; attitude; burden; dementia; family caregivers

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMOTIONAL STRESS; EMOTIONALITY; FATHER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MOOD DISORDER; MOTHER; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INVENTORY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SIBLING; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SPOUSE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 80053511283     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000640     Document Type: Article

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