Role of global stress in the health-related quality of life of caregivers: Evidence from the Survey of the Health of Wisconsin

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 1569-1578

  Litzelman, Kristin ^a,c   Skinner, Halcyon G ^a,d   Gangnon, Ronald E ^a,d   Nieto, F Javier ^a,b,d   Malecki, Kristen ^a,b,d   Witt, Whitney P ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Survey of the Health of Wisconsin   (United States)

^c Survey of the Health of Wisconsin ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Population based; Quality of life; Stress psychological; Survey of the Health of Wisconsin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; WISCONSIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903165371     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-013-0598-z     Document Type: Article

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