Depressed mood mediates decline in cognitive processing speed in caregivers

Gerontologist

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 12-22

  Vitaliano, Peter P ^a   Zhang, Jianping ^b   Young, Heather M ^c   Caswell, Lisa W ^d   Scanlan, James M ^a   Echeverria, Diana ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b ZUCKER HILLSIDE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d SAINT MARTIN'S UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Attention; Caregiving; Cognition; Depression; Processing speed; Stress

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; CAREGIVER; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIGIT SYMBOL TEST; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; SPOUSE; WELLBEING;

EID: 78650423098     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: 17585341     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/gnp004     Document Type: Article

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