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| Major depression among medically ill elders contributes to sustained poor mental health in their informal caregivers | | Author(s) | Jane McCusker, Eric Latimer, Martin Cole |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 36, no 4, July 2007 |
| Pages | pp 400-406 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Depression ; Ill health ; In-patients ; Medical wards ; Mental disorder ; Informal care ; Correlation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | A diagnosis of major depression in older medical inpatients is independently associated with poor mental health in their informal carers 6 months later. This was the conclusion reached with a sample of 97 cognitively intact medical in-patients aged 65+ and their informal caregivers at acute care hospitals in Montreal. Those with a diagnosis of major or minor depression were oversampled. Patient data included depression, physical health and cognitive impairment. Caregiver data included relationship to patient, co-residence, and the physical and mental health status sub=scales of the SF-36. Multivariate linear regression analyses were conducted to determine the relationship between patient depression and caregiver 6-month SF-36 physical and mental scores, adjusting for baseline values,patient comorbidity, disability and other patient and caregiver variables. Female caregivers were at greatest risk for poor mental health; so caregiver mental health should be considered when a depressed older person is admitted to hospital. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070813205 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CH: LF7: LD4: E: P6: 49: 7S |
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