Social, Psychological and Financial Burden on Caregivers of Children with Chronic Illness: A Cross-sectional Study

Indian Journal of Pediatrics

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1006-1011

  Khanna, Ankush K ^a   Prabhakaran, Anusha ^a   Patel, Priyanka ^a   Ganjiwale, Jaishree D ^b   Nimbalkar, Somashekhar M ^a,b  

^a PRAMUKHSWAMI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Central Research Services   (India)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Caregiver; Chronic diseases; Depression; Financial burden

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANEMIA; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CEREBRAL PALSY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CHRONIC RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL BURDEN; HUMAN; MALE; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; PSYCHOLOGICAL BURDEN; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELLBEING ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL BURDEN; THALASSEMIA; ADOLESCENT; CAREGIVER; COST OF ILLNESS; ECONOMICS; MENTAL STRESS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CAREGIVERS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84945445966     PISSN: 00195456     EISSN: 09737693     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12098-015-1762-y     Document Type: Article

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