Non-pharmacological interventions for caregivers of stroke survivors

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Volumn 2011, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Legg, Lynn A ^a   Quinn, Terry J ^a   Mahmood, Fahd ^b   Weir, Christopher J ^c   Tierney, Jayne ^d   Stott, David J ^e   Smith, Lorraine N ^f   Langhorne, Peter ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NHS GREATER GLASGOW AND CLYDE   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^d MRC CLINICAL TRIALS UNIT   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MENTAL STRESS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESPITE CARE; REVIEW; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; SURVIVOR; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ADULT; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESPITE CARE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; STROKE; SURVIVORS; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

EID: 80155184614     PISSN: 14651858     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD008179.pub2     Document Type: Review

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