Leisure activities, caregiving demands and catecholamine levels in dementia caregivers

Psychology and Health

Volumn 27, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1134-1149

  Chattillion, Elizabeth A ^a,b   Mausbach, Brent T ^b   Roepke, Susan K ^a,b   von Känel, Roland ^b,c,f   Mills, Paul J ^b   Dimsdale, Joel E ^b   Allison, Matthew ^d   Ziegler, Michael G ^e   Patterson, Thomas L ^b   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^b   Grant, Igor ^b  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

cardiovascular disease; catecholamine; dementia caregiving; leisure activities; leisure satisfaction

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; NORADRENALIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CAREGIVER; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEISURE; MALE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NOREPINEPHRINE; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865065966     PISSN: 08870446     EISSN: 14768321     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08870446.2011.637559     Document Type: Article

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