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Depression among recipients of informal care
— the effects of reciprocity, respect and adequacy of support | | Author(s) | Jennifer L Wolff, Emily M Agree |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 3, May 2004 |
| Pages | pp S173-S180 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Older women ; Depression ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Attitude ; Informal care ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The relationship is examined of perceived quality of care to depression in recipients of informal long-term care. Generalised estimating equations were used to generate population-average logistic regression models of prevalent depression, using a sample from the US Women's Health and Aging Study Caregiving Survey (WHAS-CGS) of 420 disabled community-dwelling women age 65+ who were receiving informal care. Findings confirm a substantial prevalence of depression in older women with disabilities, and support the hypothesis that perceived reciprocity and respect afforded by one's primary caregiver as well as adequacy of instrumental support, all were associated with a lower likelihood of being categorised as depressed, even after controlling for sociodemographic, health and psychosocial characteristics that are known to be related to depression. Perceived quality of informal care arrangements has a bearing on the psychological health of care recipients. Individuals in more reciprocal relationships and in relationships where they felt respected and valued were less likely to be depressed than their counterparts. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041103214 A |
| Classmark | BD: ENR: QA: 59: DP: P6: 7T |
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