Depressive symptoms among dementia caregivers: Role of mediating factors

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 481-488

  Givens, Jane L ^a,b   Mezzacappa, Catherine ^c   Heeren, Timothy ^c   Yaffe, Kristine ^d   Fredman, Lisa ^c  

^a Hebrew SeniorLife Institute for Aging Research   (United States)

^b BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiver burden; Dementia; Depression

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISRUPTIVE BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELF REPORT; AGED; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; NURSING; PSYCHOLOGY; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAREGIVERS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TERMINAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901602599     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.08.010     Document Type: Article

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