Traumatic stress as a mediator of quality of life and burden in informal caregivers of amputees due to diabetic foot: a longitudinal study.

Maria Suely Alves CostaJoana FerreiraÂngela Leite Maria da Graça Pereira

Published in: Health psychology report (2020)

This study emphasizes the importance of intervention in caregivers at the beginning of caregiving, to improve mental QoL and decrease the burden, ten months after amputation.

Keyphrases

palliative care
lower limb
randomized controlled trial
spinal cord injury
mental health
risk factors
peripheral artery disease