A comparison of caregiver burden in older persons and persons with Parkinson's disease or dementia in sub-Saharan Africa

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 687-692

  Dotchin, C L ^a,b   Paddick, S M ^b   Longdon, A R ^c   Kisoli, A ^d   Gray, W K ^a   Dewhurst, F ^a,b   Chaote, P ^d   Dewhurst, M ^a,b   Walker, R W ^a,b  

^a NORTH TYNESIDE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c TORBAY AND SOUTH DEVON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d Hai District Hospital   (Tanzania)

Author keywords

Africa; Caregiver burden; Dementia; Parkinson's disease; Tanzania

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARKINSON DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; VERY ELDERLY; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; COST OF ILLNESS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; TANZANIA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARKINSON DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TANZANIA;

EID: 84896403490     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021300255X     Document Type: Article

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