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Determinants of depressive symptoms among Japanese elders receiving care from spouses, daughters and daughter-in-law
Author(s)	Tazuko Shibusawa, Sheying Chen
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 26, nos 1/2, 2002
Pages	pp 31-42
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Living in the community ; Spouses as carers ; Daughters as carers ; Relations by marriage ; Japan.
Annotation	The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was administered to the study's 125 respondents, who were recruited from day treatment programmes at respite care facilities in northwestern Japan. Some 60% of the respondents were mildly depressed. Moderate to severe depression was more common in those who received care from their spouse than from their daughters or daughters-in-law. Regressed with age, health status, activity of daily living (ADL) impairment, care-receiving stress, coping styles, and characteristics of caregiver (kin relationship), depression was found to be associated with age, poor health, care-receiving stress, and passive coping. Caregiver characteristics were not significant in the regression model, suggesting that the quality of the caring relationship was a more important factor than the type of kin relationship. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030516207 A
Classmark	ENR: K4: P6:SN: P6:SSH: SWH: 7DT
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