Predictors of carer-burden in schizophrenia: A five-year follow-up study in butajira, ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 125-133

  Shibre, Teshome ^a   Medhin, Germay ^b   Teferra, Solomon ^a   Wakwoya, Asfaw ^c   Berhanu, Elsabeth ^c   Abdulahi, Abdulreshid ^a   Alem, Atalay ^a   Fekadu, Abebaw ^a  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c FEDERAL MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Caregivers burden; Family burden; Schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865203029     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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