Caregiver Burden is Associated with Cognitive Decline and Physical Disability of Elderly Post-Stroke Patients

Caregiver burden following stroke is increasingly recognised as a significant health care concern. The present study found the prevalence of elderly patient’s post-stroke depression, cognitive impairment and caregiver’s burden to be 32%, 57.6% and 25%, respectively. Caregiver burden was significan...

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Main Authors: Othman, Zahiruddin, Siong, Teck Wong, Drahman, Ismail, Zakaria, Rahimah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: International Digital Organization for Scientific Information (IDOSI) 2014
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Online Access:http://eprints.usm.my/44320/1/MEJSR%202014%3B22%289%291265-71%20Caregiver.pdf
http://eprints.usm.my/44320/
https://www.idosi.org/mejsr/mejsr22(9)14.htm
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Institution: Universiti Sains Malaysia
Language: English