Depressive symptoms among informal caregivers of older adults: Insights from the Singapore Survey on Informal Caregiving

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1335-1346

  Malhotra, Chetna ^a   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Østbye, Truls ^a,b   Matchar, David ^a   Chan, Angelique ^a,c  

^a DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

carers; depression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR DISORDER; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEMORY DISORDER; PATH ANALYSIS; RECIPIENT; SELF ESTEEM; SINGAPORE; SPOUSE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HOME HEALTH AIDES; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL DISORDERS; SELF CONCEPT; SINGAPORE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84862273392     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000324     Document Type: Article

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