Predictors of caregiver burden in caregivers of individuals with dementia

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 846-855

  Kim, Heejung ^a   Chang, Mido ^b   Rose, Karen ^a   Kim, Sunha ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Dementia; National Alliance for Caregiving; Secondary data analysis

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84858296687     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05787.x     Document Type: Article

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