Caregiver coping strategies predict cognitive and functional decline in dementia: The cache county dementia progression study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 57-66

  Tschanz, Jo Ann T ^a   Piercy, Kathleen ^a   Corcoran, Chris D ^a   Fauth, Elizabeth ^a   Norton, Maria C ^a   Rabins, Peter V ^b   Tschanz, Brian T ^a   Deberard, M Scott ^a   Snyder, Christine ^a   Smith, Courtney ^a   Lee, Lester ^a   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^b  

^a UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer disease; Caregiver coping; Cognitive decline; Dementia; Dementia caregiving; Dementia progression; Functional decline; Problem focused coping; Stress coping

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL DEMENTIA RATING; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEMENTIA; DISEASE COURSE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; ONSET AGE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WAYS OF COPING QUESTIONNAIRE;

EID: 85027950595     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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