Caregiver burden in an elderly population with depression in São Paulo, Brazil

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 416-422

  Scazufca, Marcia ^a   Menezes, Paulo Rossi ^a   Almeida, Osvaldo P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Burden of care; Depression; Elderly; Emotional distress; Informal carer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; BRAZIL; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RELATIVE; SCORING SYSTEM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CAREGIVERS; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 0036939704     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-002-0571-6     Document Type: Article

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