Positive Affect and Sleep in Spousal Alzheimer Caregivers: A Longitudinal Study

Behavioral Sleep Medicine

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 358-372

  von Känel, Roland ^a,b   Mausbach, Brent T ^b   Ancoli Israel, Sonia ^b,c   Mills, Paul J ^b   Dimsdale, Joel E ^b   Patterson, Thomas L ^b   Grant, Igor ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIMETRY; AFFECT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDER; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIGRAPHY; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SLEEP; SLEEP DISORDERS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84904395009     PISSN: 15402002     EISSN: 15402010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15402002.2013.819470     Document Type: Article

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