Relationships between caregiver stress and self-care behaviors in response to symptoms

• Published in: Clinical nursing research Vol. 16; no. 1; p. 29
• Main Authors: Lu, Yueh-Feng Yvonne, Wykle, May
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.02.2007
• Subjects: Alzheimer Disease - nursing; Caregivers - psychology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Humans; Self Care; Stress, Psychological

The specific aims of this study were to (a) identify relationships among care-giving stress, caregivers' functional ability, and number of self-care behavior responses to physical and psychological symptoms in caregivers of persons with dementia and (b) examine the mediating function of functio...