Depression in frail elders: Impact on family caregivers

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 655-665

  Sewitch, Maida J ^a   McCusker, Jane ^a   Dendukuri, Nandini ^b   Yaffe, Mark J ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Cross sectional; Depression; Emergency department; Health status; Hours of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; SPOUSES;

EID: 3242877121     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1135     Document Type: Article

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