Effects of home, outside leisure, social, and peer activity on psychological health among Japanese family caregivers

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 500-506

  Wakui, Tomoko ^a,b   Saito, Tami ^a   Agree, Emily M ^b   Kai, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

burden; depression; informal caregiving; leisure activity; social activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; LEISURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DAY CARE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PEER GROUP; QUALITY OF LIFE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84859728937     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.644263     Document Type: Article

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