Prevalence and predictors of burden in caregivers of people with dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 756-765

  Brodaty, Henry ^a   Woodward, Michael ^b   Boundy, Karyn ^c   Ames, David ^d   Balshaw, Robert ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUSTIN HEALTH   (Australia)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e Syreon Corporation   (Canada)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Dementia; Mild cognitive impairment

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; CHOLINESTERASE INHIBITOR; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ALZHEIMER DISEASE ASSESSMENT SCALE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DSM-IV; FEMALE; FRONTOTEMPORAL DEMENTIA; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIINFARCT DEMENTIA; NEUROSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; VERY ELDERLY; ZARIT CAREGIVER BURDEN INTERVIEW; BEHAVIOR; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST OF ILLNESS; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; BEHAVIORAL SYMPTOMS; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; DEMENTIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84904660666     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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