Prevalence and factors related to depressive symptoms among family caregivers of nursing home residents in Taiwan

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 48, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1145-1152

  Tsai, Hsiu Hsin ^a   Tsai, Yun Fang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Family caregiving role; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOME; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; TAIWAN; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; TAIWAN; VISITORS TO PATIENTS;

EID: 84879796962     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-013-0652-8     Document Type: Article

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