The dyadic interaction of relationships and disability type on informal carer subjective well-being

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1535-1542

  Hammond, Thomas ^a   Weinberg, Melissa K ^a   Cummins, Robert A ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Informal carers; Stress; Subjective well being

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SATISFACTION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY HEALTH; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WORKLOAD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903131438     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0577-4     Document Type: Article

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