Family carer reactions and their related factors among Taiwanese with hospitalized relatives

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 68, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2195-2206

  Yeh, Pi Ming ^a   Chang, Yuanmay ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Shin Kong Memorial Hospital   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Family care; Family carer reaction; Hospitalized patients; Long term care; Quality of life; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASM; NURSING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84865975531     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: 13652648     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.2011.05904.x     Document Type: Article

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