Factors of caregiver burden and family functioning among Taiwanese family caregivers living with schizophrenia

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 11-12, 2015, Pages 1546-1556

  Hsiao, Chiu Yueh ^a,b   Tsai, Yun Fang ^c,d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Family functioning; Family hardiness; Sense of coherence

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOMETRY; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSE OF COHERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADULT; AGED; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARENTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SENSE OF COHERENCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 84929707151     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.12745     Document Type: Article

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