Major depression among medically ill elders contributes to sustained poor mental health in their informal caregivers

Age and Ageing

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-406

  McCusker, Jane ^a   Latimer, Eric ^b   Cole, Martin ^a   Ciampi, Antonio ^a   Sewitch, Maida ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Elderly; Informal caregivers; Longitudinal study; Mental health

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAREGIVERS; COGNITION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 34547867342     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afm059     Document Type: Article

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