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| Factors associated with depressive symptoms in older Taiwanese adults in a long-term care community | | Author(s) | Ya-Chuan Hsu, Terry Badger, Pamela Reed, Elaine Jones |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 25, no 6, June 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, June 2013 |
| Pages | pp 1013-1021 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Long term residents ; Stress ; Depression ; Family relationships ; Children [offspring] as carers ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | The purpose of this study was to examine culturally based factors as potential predictors of depressive symptoms in older Taiwanese adults living in eight long-term care institutions in southern Taiwan. A cross-sectional, exploratory design study was used with a purposive sample of 156 participants with a mean age of 79.80 years. Measurements included filial responsibility expectation questions, two questions about degrees of acceptance of institutionalisation, Perceived Stress Scale, Self-Transcendence Scale and Geriatric Depression Scale. An older person's willingness to be institutionalised or remain institutionalised, perceived stress and self-transcendence were significantly associated with depressive symptoms. Although no evidence for the relationship between filial responsibility and depressive symptoms was found in the study, there was evidence that filial responsibility was highly valued. Self-transcendence was the strongest predictor of depressive symptoms, accounting for 45% of the variance. These findings provide insight into the cultural factors associated with depressive symptoms and support the need of timely interventions for institutionalised Taiwanese older people. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130531227 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX:4Q: QNH: ENR: DS:SJ: P6:SS: 7DP |
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