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Longitudinal changes in the well-being of Japanese caregivers
— variations across kin relationships | | Author(s) | Yoko Sugihara, Hidehiro Sugisawa, Yomei Nakatani |
| Journal title | Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 59B, no 4, July 2004 |
| Pages | pp P177-P184 |
| Source | http://www.geron.org |
| Keywords | Family care ; Family relationships ; Well being ; Depression ; Stress ; Longitudinal surveys ; Japan. |
| Annotation | Changes over time in the psychological well-being of Japanese caregivers are examined, along with the variations across kin relationships with care recipients. Over the course of 30 months, three interviews were conducted with a representative sample of community-dwelling caregivers of frail older people living in a Tokyo suburb. Latent growth modelling demonstrated that mean levels of both depression and emotional exhaustion worsened over time. Change in emotional exhaustion over time showed significant individual variability, whereas change in depression showed little individual variability. Although wife caregivers tended to experience the worst trajectory of emotional exhaustion, daughters-in-law also showed a similar negative trend. The difference in individuals' well-being trajectories by kinship may be explained partly by differences in care recipients' disabilities. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041130224 A |
| Classmark | P6:SJ: DS:SJ: D:F:5HH: ENR: QNH: 3J: 7DT |
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