Measuring the impact of informal elderly caregiving: a systematic review of tools

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 1059-1092

  Mosquera, Isabel ^a,b   Vergara, Itziar ^a,c,d,e   Larrañaga, Isabel ^d,e,f   Machón, Mónica ^a,c,d,e   del Río, María ^g,h   Calderón, Carlos ^a,d,i  

^a Osakidetza   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^c Unidad de Investigación de Atención Primaria de Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^d Kronikgune   (Spain)

^e BIODONOSTIA HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Spain)

^f Subdirección de Salud Pública y Adicciones de Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^g ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^h Inst Invest Biosanitaria Ibs GRANADA   (Spain)

ⁱ Donostialdea Integrated Health Organization   (Spain)

Author keywords

Caregivers; Elderly; Health; Quality of Life; Tool

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CAREGIVER SUPPORT; CINAHL; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMBASE; EMOTION; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MEDLINE; MENTAL HEALTH; META ANALYSIS (TOPIC); PSYCINFO; QUALITY OF LIFE; REVIEW; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; WELLBEING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; STANDARDS;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84945217688     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: 15732649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-015-1159-4     Document Type: Review

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