Differences in depression severity in family caregivers of hospitalized individuals with dementia and family caregivers of outpatients with dementia

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 815-819

  Epstein Lubow, Gary ^a,b   Gaudiano, Brandon ^a,b   Darling, Ellen ^b   Hinckley, Mathew ^c   Tremont, Geoffrey ^a,d   Kohn, Robert ^a,b   Marino, Louis J ^a,b   Salloway, Stephen ^a,b   Grinnell, Renée ^b   Miller, Ivan W ^a,b  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BUTLER HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c WOMEN AND INFANTS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver; dementia; depression; hospital

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FAMILY COPING; FEMALE; GRIEF; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STRESS; STUDENT T TEST;

EID: 84865783913     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/JGP.0b013e318235b62f     Document Type: Article

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