"How much can i take?": Predictors of perceived burden for relatives of people with chronic illness

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 212-220

  Vaingankar, Janhavi A ^a   Subramaniam, Mythily ^a   Abdin, Edimansyah ^a   He, Vincent Yf ^b   Chong, Siow Ann ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Mental illness; References; Social support; Subjective burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNICITY; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH; NEOPLASM; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREDICTION; RELATIVE; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84861860131     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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