Caregiver personality predicts rate of cognitive decline in a community sample of persons with Alzheimer's disease. the Cache County Dementia Progression Study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1629-1637

  Norton, Maria C ^a   Clark, Christine ^a   Fauth, Elizabeth B ^a   Piercy, Kathleen W ^a   Pfister, Roxane ^a   Green, Robert C ^d   Corcoran, Christopher D ^a   Rabins, Peter V ^b,c   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^b,c   Tschanz, Joann T ^a  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

caregiver; cognitive; decline; dementia; personality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; EXTRAVERSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEO FIVE FACTOR INVENTORY; NEUROSIS; PERSONALITY TEST; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; SPOUSE; STRESS; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; SPOUSES;

EID: 84883181167     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610213001105     Document Type: Article

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