Neuropsychiatric symptoms as the main determinant of caregiver burden in Alzheimer's disease

Abstract Caregiver burden is common in Alzheimer's disease (AD), decreasing the quality of life among caregivers and patients. Projections of aging and aging-related diseases such as AD in developing countries justify additional data about this issue because people living in these countries hav...

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Main Authors: Renata Kochhann, Ericksen Borba, Maria Otília Cerveira, Diego Onyszko, Alyne de Jesus, Letícia Forster, Luisa Franciscatto, Cláudia Godinho, Ana Luiza Camozzato, Márcia Lorena F. Chaves
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Neurologia Cognitiva e do Comportamento
Series:Dementia & Neuropsychologia
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1980-57642011000300203&lng=en&tlng=en