Caregiver burden and quality of life of key caregivers of patients with dementia

Indian Journal of Psychological Medicine

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 133-136

  Srivastava, Garima ^a   Tripathi, Rakesh Kumar ^b   Tiwari, Sarvada Chandra ^b   Singh, Bhupinder ^c   Tripathi, Shailendra Mohan ^b  

^a Air Force Hospital   (India)

^b KING GEORGE'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c BARKATULLAH UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Burden and Quality of Life; dementia; key caregiver

Indexed keywords

EID: 84961990669     PISSN: 02537176     EISSN: 09751564     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0253-7176.178779     Document Type: Article

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