Life factors affecting depression and burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis caregivers

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Frontotemporal Degeneration

Volumn 15, Issue 3-4, 2014, Pages 292-297

  Qutub, Kristen ^a   Lacomis, David ^b   Albert, Stephen M ^a   Feingold, Eleanor ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

ALS; Burden; Caregivers; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INVENTORY; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RELIGION; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW; COST OF ILLNESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 84901488258     PISSN: 21678421     EISSN: 21679223     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/21678421.2014.886699     Document Type: Article

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