References
- Glozman JM. Quality of life of caregivers. Neuropsychol Rev 2004;14:183–96
- Lokk J. Caregiver strain in Parkinson's disease and the impact of disease duration. Eur J Phys Rehab Med 2008;44:39–45
- Secker DL, Brown RG. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) for carers of patients with Parkinson's disease: a preliminary randomised controlled trial. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005;76:491–7
- Cifu DX, Carne W, Brown R, et al. Caregiver distress in Parkinsonism. J Rehabil Res Dev 2006;43:499–508
- D'Amelio M, Terruso V, Palmeri B, et al. Predictors of caregiver burden in partners of patients with Parkinson's disease. Neurol Sci 2009;30:171–4
- O'Reilly F, Finnan F, Allwright S, et al. The effects of caring for a spouse with Parkinson's disease on social, psychological and physical well-being. Br J Gen Pract 1996;46:507–12
- Martinez-Martin P, Rodriguez-Blazquez C, Forjaz MJ. Quality of life and burden in caregivers for patients with Parkinson's disease: concepts, assessment and related factors. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res 2012;12:221–30
- Martinez-Martin P, Arroyo S, Rojo-Abuin JM, et al. Burden, perceived health status, and mood among caregivers of Parkinson's disease patients. Mov Disord 2008;23:1673–80
- Goldsworthy B, Knowles S. Caregiving for Parkinson's disease patients: an exploration of a stress-appraisal model for quality of life and burden. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2008;63:372–6
- McCabe MP, Roberts C, Firth L. Work and recreational changes among people with neurological illness and their caregivers. Disabil Rehabil 2008;30:600–10
- O'Connor EJ, McCabe MP. Predictors of quality of life in carers for people with a progressive neurological illness: a longitudinal study. Qual Life Res 2011;20:703–11
- Pearlin LI, Mullan JT, Semple SJ, Skaff MM. Caregiving and the stress process: an overview of concepts and their measures. Gerontologist 1990;30:583–94
- Tsai PF. A middle-range theory of caregiver stress. Nurs Sci Q 2003;16:137–45
- Fredman L, Cauley JA, Hochberg M, et al. Mortality associated with caregiving, general stress, and caregiving-related stress in elderly women: results of caregiver-study of osteoporotic fractures. J Am Geriatr Soc 2010;58:937–43
- Abendroth M, Lutz BJ, Young ME. Family caregivers' decision process to institutionalize persons with Parkinson's disease: a grounded theory study. Int J Nurs Stud 2012;49:445–54
- American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders. 4th ed., Text Revision. Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association; 2000
- Zarit SH, Reever KE, Bach-Peterson J. Relatives of the impaired elderly: correlates of feelings of burden. Gerontologist 1980;20:649–55
- National Alliance for Caregiving & Evercare. Evercare study of caregivers in decline: a close-up look at the health risks of caring for a loved one; 2006. Available from: http://www.caregiving.org/data/Caregivers%20in%20Decline%20Study-FINAL-lowres.pdf [last accessed 14 Mar 2013]
- Fisk JD, Brown MG, Sketris IS, et al. A comparison of health utility measures for the evaluation of multiple sclerosis treatments. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 2005;76:58–63
- McLaughlin D, Hasson F, Kernohan WG, et al. Living and coping with Parkinson's disease: perceptions of informal carers. Palliative Med 2011;25:177–82
- Den Oudsten BL, Lucas-Carrasco R, Green AM. Perceptions of persons with Parkinson's disease, family and professionals on quality of life: an international focus group study. Disabil Rehabil 2011;33:2490–508
- Happe S, Berger K. The association between caregiver burden and sleep disturbances in partners of patients with Parkinson's disease. Age Ageing 2002;31:349–54
- Schrag A, Hovris A, Morley D, et al. Caregiver-burden in Parkinson's disease is closely associated with psychiatric symptoms, falls, and disability. Parkinsonism Relat Disord 2006;12:35–41
- Bardel A, Wallander MA, Wedel H, Svärdsudd K. Age-specific symptom prevalence in women 35–64 years old: a population-based study. BMC Public Health 2009;9:37
- Martinez-Martin P, Benito-Leon J, Alonso F, et al. Quality of life of caregivers in Parkinson's disease. Qual Life Res 2005;14:463–72
- Forjaz MJ, Chandiramani C, Martinez-Martin P. Overview of the burden of non-motor symptoms. In: Chaudhuri KR, Antonini A, Martinez-Martin P, et al., eds. Handbook of non-motor symptoms in Parkinson's disease. London: Springer Healthcare; 2011:13--26
- Carter JH, Stewart BJ, Lyons KS, Archbold PG. Do motor and nonmotor symptoms in PD patients predict caregiver strain and depression? Mov Disord 2008;23:1211–16
- Martinez-Martin P, Forjaz MJ, Frades-Payo B, et al. Caregiver burden in Parkinson's disease. Mov Disord 2007;22:924–31
- Miyashita M, Narita Y, Sakamoto A, et al. Care burden and depression in caregivers caring for patients with intractable neurological diseases at home in Japan. J Neurol Sci 2009;276:148–52
- Feld S, Dunkle RE, Schroepfer T, Shen HW. Does gender moderate factors associated with whether spouses are the sole providers of IADL care to their partners? Res Aging 2010;32:499–526
- Davis LL, Gilliss CL, Deshefy-Longhi T, et al. The nature and scope of stressful spousal caregiving relationships. J Fam Nurs 2011;17:224–40
- Wardle MC, Munafo MR, de Wit H. Effect of social stress during acute nicotine abstinence. Psychopharmacology (Berlin) 2011;218:39–48