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| Gender differences in burden and depression among informal caregivers of demented elders in the community | | Author(s) | Lisa Gallicchio, Nauman Siddiqi, Patricia Langenberg |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 17, no 2, February 2002 |
| Pages | pp pp 154-163 |
| Keywords | Stress ; Depression ; Older men ; Older women ; Informal care ; Dementia ; Living in the community ; Evaluation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Data from 259 female and 68 male caregivers who were part of the Canadian Study of Health and Aging (CSHA) were analysed. Depressive symptoms were measured using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression Scale (CES-D). Burden was assessed using Zarit's Burden Interview. In multivariate analysis, female caregivers were found to have significantly higher odds than male caregivers of having score of 33 or higher for Zarit's Burden Interview. The OR comparing women to men with respect to a high level of depressive symptoms (16 or more on the CES-D) was not significant. Poor perceived caregiver health and more behaviour disturbance in the patient were associated with significantly higher odds of high levels of caregiver burden and depression. Adequate assistance must be given to women caregivers to ensure that they are not strained beyond what is clinically healthy. Interventions should also target caregivers of behaviourally disturbed patients, as well as those who report poor physical health, to reduce the negative psychological impact of caregiving. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-020215214 A |
| Classmark | QNH: ENR: BC: BD: P6: EA: K4: 4C: 7S |
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