Health impacts of caregiving for older adults with functional limitations: Results from the Singapore survey on informal caregiving

Journal of Aging and Health

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 998-1012

  Chan, Angelique ^a   Malhotra, Chetna ^a   Malhotra, Rahul ^a   Rush, Augustus John ^b   Østbye, Truls ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b DUKE NUS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Singapore)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

aged; caregiver; depression; elderly; health care utilization; self rated health; Singapore

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SELF EVALUATION; SINGAPORE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF-RATED HEALTH; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC SELF EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SINGAPORE;

AGED; CAREGIVER; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; SELF-RATED HEALTH; SINGAPORE;

EID: 84883679811     PISSN: 08982643     EISSN: 15526887     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0898264313494801     Document Type: Article

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