Depression among family caregivers of community-dwelling older people who used services under the Long Term Care Insurance program: A large-scale population-based study in Japan

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 81-91

  Arai, Yumiko ^a   Kumamoto, Keigo ^a   Mizuno, Yoko ^a   Washio, Masakazu ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR GERIATRICS AND GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Asia; Care managers; Logistic regression analysis; Long Term Care policy; Representative sample

Indexed keywords

AGED; CAREGIVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSON; ECONOMICS; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SELF REPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84890849683     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.787045     Document Type: Article

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