Caregivers
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Behavioral and emotional problems in children with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings: Multiple informants, multiple measures.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Behavioral and emotional problems in children with sickle cell disease (SCD) may be related to disease factors, or to socio-demographic factors. The aim of this study was to investigate the prevalence of behavioral and emotional problems ... Read more...

Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence.

29 Nov 2009 This article addresses nursing presence, a phenomenon essential to holistic nursing care. The concept is introduced and explained, supporting background information is reviewed, barriers are identified, and successful applications are illustrated in ... Read more...

Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures.

17 Nov 2009 Few studies have utilized both categorical and dimensional measures of psychopathology in children with epilepsy. We evaluated 173 children (88 males, 85 females; mean age 11.7y [SD 1.8]; range 9-14y) who had epilepsy (generalized 36%, partial 61%) ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Caregivers'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Behavioral and emotional problems in children with sickle cell disease and healthy siblings: Multiple informants, multiple measures. 13 Dec 2009
• Healing during existential moments: the "art" of nursing presence. 29 Nov 2009
• Prevalence of psychopathology in childhood epilepsy: categorical and dimensional measures. 17 Nov 2009
• Stressful life events and their relationship to psychological and medical functioning in children and adolescents with HIV infection. 30 Oct 2009
• Participation: a comparative analysis of multiple rehabilitation stakeholders' perspectives. 30 Oct 2009
• Use of multiperspective qualitative interviews to understand patients' and carers' beliefs, experiences, and needs. 12 Oct 2009
• Atrial arrhythmias: a "call to arms" for congenital heart disease caregivers. 10 Oct 2009
• Comparison of patient and caregiver reports of patient activity participation and its relationship to mental health in patients with Alzheimer's disease. 3 Oct 2009
• Ethical care in dementia. 30 Sep 2009
• Surviving critical illness: acute respiratory distress syndrome as experienced by patients and their caregivers. 29 Sep 2009
• The cost of care for people with impaired vision in Australia. 29 Sep 2009
• More advice is needed in dementia care to deal with difficult treatment decisions, say experts. 29 Sep 2009
• Manual wheelchair-handling skills by caregivers using new and conventional rear anti-tip devices: a randomized controlled trial. 29 Sep 2009
• Association between health education needs and stroke caregiver injury. 29 Sep 2009
• Examining the social context in the caregiving experience: correlates of global self-esteem among adult daughter caregivers to an older parent with cancer. 29 Sep 2009
• Determinants of adult day center attendance among older adults with functional limitations. 29 Sep 2009
• Trends and determinants of end-of-life practices in ALS in the Netherlands. 20 Sep 2009
• Associations between psychological distress, learning, and memory in spouse caregivers of older adults. 15 Sep 2009
• Family psychosocial risk, distress, and service utilization in pediatric cancer: predictive validity of the Psychosocial Assessment Tool. 13 Sep 2009
• Intrapersonal and interpersonal consequences of protective buffering among cancer patients and caregivers. 13 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Caregivers'

Definition: Persons who provide care to those who need supervision or assistance in illness or disability. They may provide the care in the home, in a hospital, or in an institution. Although caregivers include trained medical, nursing, and other health personnel, the concept also refers to parents, spouses, or other family members, friends, members of the clergy, teachers, social workers, fellow patients, etc.

Descriptor UI: D017028

Alternative terms: Caregivers; Caregiver; Care Givers; Care Giver; Spouse Caregivers; Caregiver, Spouse; Caregivers, Spouse; Spouse Caregiver; Family Caregivers; Caregiver, Family; Caregivers, Family; Family Caregiver;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; economics; history; legislation & jurisprudence; organization & administration; standards; supply & distribution; trends; utilization; statistics & numerical data; ethics; education; psychology;

Tree Number: M01.085; M01.526.485.200; N02.360.200;

History Note: 92

Technical Notes: GEN or unspecified: prefer specific caregiver as NURSES; PHYSICIANS; etc.; IM; coord with specific field if pertinent (IM): "the teacher as caregiver" = CAREGIVERS (IM) + TEACHING (IM)