Social support, coping strategies and health-related quality of life among primary caregivers of stroke survivors in China

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 22, Issue 15-16, 2013, Pages 2160-2171

  Yu, Yunhong ^a   Hu, Jie ^b   Efird, Jimmy T ^c   Mccoy, Thomas P ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; Coping strategies; Health related quality of life; Social support; Stroke survivors

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHINA; COPING STRATEGIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE SURVIVORS; SURVIVOR; VERY ELDERLY;

CAREGIVER; COPING STRATEGIES; HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE SURVIVORS;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STROKE; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84880125743     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12251     Document Type: Article

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