Caregiving strain and all-cause mortality: Evidence from the REGARDS study

Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 504-512

  Perkins, Martinique ^a   Howard, Virginia J ^b   Wadley, Virginia G ^c   Crowe, Michael ^d   Safford, Monika M ^e   Haley, William E ^f   Howard, George ^a   Roth, David L ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b School of Public Health   (United States)

^c Department of Medicine   (United States)

^d Department of Psychology   (United States)

^e University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^g JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Mortality; Strain

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVING; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT ANALYSIS; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STRAIN.; VERY ELDERLY;

CAREGIVING; MORTALITY; STRAIN.;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COHORT STUDIES; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84878830936     PISSN: 10795014     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbs084     Document Type: Article

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