Patient and Caregiver Characteristics Associated with Depression in Caregivers of Patients with Dementia

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1006-1014

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,d   Newcomer, Robert ^b   Fox, Patrick ^b   Wood, Joan ^a   Sands, Laura ^a   Dane, Kyle ^a   Yaffe, Kristine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAN FRANCISCO VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; Caregivers; Dementia; Depression; Race ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGGRESSION; ANGER; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE; CAREGIVER; CAUCASIAN; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HISPANIC; HOME CARE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEGRO; POPULATION RISK; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOME NURSING; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0346171342     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1525-1497.2003.30103.x     Document Type: Article

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