Differences in psychological morbidity among Australian and Chinese caregivers of persons with dementia in residential care

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1343-1351

  Wu, Helen Zong Ying ^a   Low, Lee Fay ^a   Xiao, Shifu ^b   Brodaty, Henry ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

^c PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Carer burden; Cross cultural; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHINA; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GUILT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; NURSING HOME PATIENT; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RESIDENTIAL CARE;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUSTRALIA; CAREGIVERS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GUILT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 73249146415     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2264     Document Type: Article

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