A telephone intervention for dementia caregivers: Background, design, and baseline characteristics

Contemporary Clinical Trials

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 338-347

  Tremont, Geoffrey ^a,b   Davis, Jennifer ^a,b   Papandonatos, George D ^c   Grover, Christine ^a   Ott, Brian R ^a,b   Fortinsky, Richard H ^d   Gozalo, Pedro ^c   Bishop, Duane S ^a  

^a RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Dementia; Psychosocial intervention; Telephone

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE INTERVIEW;

CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERVENTION; TELEPHONE;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TELEPHONE;

EID: 84884301978     PISSN: 15517144     EISSN: 15592030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.07.011     Document Type: Article

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