Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , February 2006

Stroke Survivors’ Behavioral and Psychologic Symptoms Are Associated With Informal Caregivers’ Experiences of Depression

  • Jill I. Cameron, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Toronto Rehabilitation Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
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  • Angela M. Cheung, MD, PhD (FRCPC)

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network and Departments of Medicine, Health Policy Management and Evaluation, and Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Angela M. Cheung, MD, PhD, FRCPC, University Health Network, 200 Elizabeth St, 7 Eaton North-221, Toronto, ON M5G 2C4, Canada
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  • David L. Streiner, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care and Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
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  • Peter C. Coyte, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON
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  • Donna E. Stewart, MD (FRCPC)

      Affiliations

    • University Health Network, Women’s Health Program, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada

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 Supported by the Canadian Stroke Network (doctoral fellowship); the Canadian Institute of Health Research’s Institute of Aging, Institute of Gender and Health, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research and Strategic Training Initiative in Health Care, Technology, and Place (postdoctoral fellowship); the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (mid-career award); the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation/Canadian Institutes of Health Research (chair award); the Canadian Stroke Network; and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (grant no. 839-2000-1060).No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit upon the author(s) or upon any organization with which the author(s) is/are associated.

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doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2005.10.012

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 87, Issue 2 , Pages 177-183 , February 2006

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