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Predicting caregiver burden and depression in Alzheimer's disease
Author(s)	Leah D Clyburn, Michael J Stones, Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
Journal title	The Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 55B, no 1, January 2000
Pages	pp S2-S13
Keywords	Dementia ; Family care ; Stress ; Depression ; Canada.
Annotation	Using data from the 1994 Canadian Study of Health and Aging, this study investigated the predictors of caregiver burden and depression, including objective stressors and mediation forces influencing caregiving outcomes. Participants were 613 individuals with dementia and their informal caregivers. Results showed that a higher frequency of disturbing behaviour, caring for a community-dwelling patient, and low informal support were related to higher burden, which in turn led to more depressive symptomatology. Caregivers of patients exhibiting more disturbing behaviours and functional limitations received less help from family and friends, whereas those whose care recipients resided in an institution received more informal support. (AKM).
Accession Number	CPA-000420407 A
Classmark	EA: P6:SJ: QNH: ENR: 7S
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