DOI: 10.1177/107484079700300206
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摘要: This study used the Wicksfamily health model to test relationships among family and time since diagnosis, perception of symptom severity, caregiver stress, stressors in 140families coping with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Hypotheses were tested using Pearson's correlation coefficients hierarchical multiple regression analysis. Family was influenced by patient perceptions as predicted. Cognitive impairment (patient-reported poor memory) only significantly influencing health. Even when physicalfrailty is hallmark a disease, it may be cognitive aspects disease that strain relationships.