Caregiver burden and its determinants among the family members of patients with dementia in Iran

International Journal of Preventive Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 544-551

  Abdollahpour, Ibrahim ^a,b   Noroozian, Maryam ^c   Nedjat, Saharnaz ^d   Majdzadeh, Reza ^d  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiver burden; Caregivers; Dementia; Elderly people; Family caregivers; Iran

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; BARTHEL INDEX; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPENDENT PERSONALITY DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GLOBAL DETERIORATION SCALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRAN; IRANIAN VERSION OF CAREGIVER BURDEN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 84865106149     PISSN: 20087802     EISSN: 20088213     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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