Mental health and wellbeing in spouses of persons with dementia: The Nord-Trøndelag health study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ask, Helga ^a   Langballe, Ellen Melbye ^b   Holmen, Jostein ^c   Selbæk, Geir ^b   Saltvedt, Ingvild ^d   Tambs, Kristian ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^d TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Ageing; Anxiety; Caregiving; Dementia; Depression; Life satisfaction; Partner

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; CAREGIVER; COMPLICATION; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGY; SATISFACTION; SEXUALITY; SPOUSE; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; CAREGIVERS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SEXUAL PARTNERS; SPOUSES; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84901987036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-413     Document Type: Article

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