Physiological and functional consequences of caregiving for relatives with dementia

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 725-747

  Fonareva, Irina ^a   Oken, Barry S ^b  

^a OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OREGON HEALTH AND SCIENCE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

cognition; dementia caregivers; health; physiological marker; sleep quality

Indexed keywords

BETA 2 ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CATECHOLAMINE; D DIMER; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INTERLEUKIN 6; PROCOAGULANT; TISSUE PLASMINOGEN ACTIVATOR; TUMOR NECROSIS FACTOR ALPHA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; CELL AGING; CHRONIC STRESS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; FIBRIN FORMATION; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; IMMUNE SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; LIFESTYLE; LIVER FUNCTION; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; RESPITE CARE; REVIEW; SLEEP QUALITY; SOCIAL STATUS; T LYMPHOCYTE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; WELLBEING; ADAPTATION SYNDROME; AGED; CAREGIVER; COMPLICATION; ETIOLOGY; FEMALE; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGICAL STRESS; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSYCHOLOGY; TIME; AWARENESS; COGNITION; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH; PEER REVIEW; PERSONALITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SLEEP;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; GENERAL ADAPTATION SYNDROME; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME;

EID: 84897574564     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214000039     Document Type: Review

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