Assessing mental well-being in family carers of people with dementia using the Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1443-1451

  Orgeta, Vasiliki ^a   Lo Sterzo, Elena ^a   Orrell, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

caregiving; carers; dementia; mental well being; Warwick Edinburgh Mental Well Being Scale

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERNAL CONSISTENCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE; WARWICK EDINBURGH MENTAL WELL BEING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FAMILY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84881053724     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213000835     Document Type: Article

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