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SUBMITTER: Jessup NM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4860205 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jessup Nenette M NM Bakas Tamilyn T McLennon Susan M SM Weaver Michael T MT
Brain injury 20140820 1
<h4>Objective</h4>To examine differences in caregiver perceptions of task difficulty, depressive symptoms and life changes based on caregiver characteristics of gender, race and type of relationship to the person with stroke.<h4>Methods</h4>A sample of 243 stroke caregivers (females n = 191; males n = 52; non-African Americans n = 184; African Americans n = 59; non-spouses n = 127; spouses n = 116) were interviewed by telephone within 8 weeks of the survivor's discharge to home. Measures include ...[more]