Gender differences in burden and depression among informal caregivers of demented elders in the community

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 154-163

  Gallicchio, Lisa ^a   Siddiqi, Nauman ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Baumgarten, Mona ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Burden; Caregiving; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; COMMUNITY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; POPULATION RISK; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CANADA; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0036163882     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.538     Document Type: Article

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