Caregiver burden in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: a cross-sectional investigation of predictors

Journal of Neurology

Volumn 262, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1526-1532

  Burke, Tom ^a,b   Elamin, Marwa ^b   Galvin, Miriam ^b,c   Hardiman, Orla ^a,b   Pender, Niall ^a,b,d  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^c DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

^d ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; Burden and quality of life; Health services research; Neuropsychology and behaviour; Survival and prognosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR CHANGE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EXECUTIVE FUNCTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL LIFE; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL TIME; CAREGIVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; REM SLEEP BEHAVIOR DISORDER; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84931010807     PISSN: 03405354     EISSN: 14321459     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00415-015-7746-z     Document Type: Article

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