Depressive symptoms of informal caregivers are associated with those of community-dwelling dependent care recipients

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1310-1317

  Izawa, Sachiko ^a   Hasegawa, Jun ^a   Enoki, Hiromi ^a   Iguch, Akihisa ^b   Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Dependent frail older people; Depressive mood

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSON; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; ZARIT BURDEN INTERVIEW; AFFECT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; HEALTH INSURANCE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 79952201482     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161021000089X     Document Type: Article

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