Anxiety and stress are associated with coping strategies in caregivers of Alzheimer's disease: result from “caregiver burden study”

Alzheimer is a chronic neurodegenerative disease which affects inevitably not just the patient but also the relative care giver (Etters et al.2008) Objective: The present study has the aim, to examine the perceived care burden, levels of anxiety and depression, coping strategies put in place by relatives to cope with the situation.