Abstract:Nurses assume that they know the stressors of Parkinson's disease (PD) caregivers but a scarcity of research findings exists. This study was designed to identify those needs and stressors for the purposes of improving support and developing caregiver educational and interventional programs.Caregivers were recruited from a database of 756 U.S. veterans with PD. A caregiver questionnaire was mailed to a random sample of 300 subjects. Non-parametric statistics were used to interpret caregiver characteristics and … Show more
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