Does duration of spousal caregiving affect risk of depression onset? Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 766-770

  Capistrant, Benjamin D ^a   Berkman, Lisa F ^b,c   Glymour, M Maria ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHAPEL HILL   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Caregiving; Depression; Depressive symptoms; Older adults; Spouses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SPOUSE; AGED; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; MALE; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETIREMENT; RISK FACTORS; SPOUSES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84904609224     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.01.073     Document Type: Article

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