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| Factors associated with family caregivers' burden and depression in Korea | | Author(s) | Hyunsook Yoon |
| Journal title | International Journal of Aging and Human Development, vol 57, no 4, 2003 |
| Pages | pp 291-312 |
| Source | http://baywood.com |
| Keywords | Family care ; Stress ; Depression ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Mental disorder ; Time duration ; Correlation ; Denmark. |
| Annotation | The relative effects are determined of functional impairment, cognitive impairment and duration of care of older people on caregivers' depression, and this study also identifies the factors that influence this relationship. Findings indicate that functional impairment had both direct and indirect effects on caregiver depression, and direct effects on impact on schedule, impact on health, and sense of entrapment. The effect of cognitive impairment on caregiver depression was primarily indirect, but had direct impact on sense of entrapment. Duration of care had no direct effect on caregiver depression and burden, but did have indirect effects on impact on finances, feelings of abandonment, and impact on health through emotional support. Caregivers of older people with functional impairment were more likely to give care for longer periods; and those who gave care for longer periods were likely to receive less emotional support and experience more burden in the dimensions of impact on finances, feelings of abandonment and impact on health. Caregivers who experience greater impact on finances and impact on health ultimately were at higher risk of depression. Results have important implications for intervention models aimed to increase emotional support for the caregiver. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040629206 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: QNH: ENR: CA: C4: E: 4N: 49: 76K |
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