The effect of coping on the burden in family carers of persons with dementia

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 973-978

  Bruvik, Frøydis Kristine ^a,b,c   Ulstein, Ingun Dina ^d   Ranhoff, Anette Hylen ^b,e   Engedal, Knut ^a,c  

^a Norwegian Centre for Dementia Research   (Norway)

^b STATOIL   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia; Caregivers; Coping; Dementia and cognitive disorders; Locus of control; Stress burden

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROL; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNAL-EXTERNAL CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84887487430     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.790928     Document Type: Article

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