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| The impact of intensive grandchild care on depressive symptoms among older Koreans | | Author(s) | Juyeong Kim, Eun-Cheol Park, Young Choi |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 32, no 12, December 2017 |
| Publisher | Wiley, December 2017 |
| Pages | pp 1381-1391 |
| Source | http://www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | Grandparents ; Grandchildren ; Grandparents as carers ; Depression ; Korea. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of intensive grandchild care on depressive symptoms among grandparents. The study used data from 2008 to 2012 of the Korea Longitudinal Study of Aging. Using the data from 2008 at baseline, data included 5,129 individuals aged 50 years and more without depression with at least one grandchild. A generalised estimating equation was used to investigate the impact of intensive grandchild care on depression. Investigated factors included the intensity of grandchild care, measured by hours spent caring for a grandchild per week: (i) none (0 h); (ii) non-intensive grandchild care (1-39 hours per week); and intensive grandchild care (40 hours or more per week). Depressive symptoms were measured using the 10-item Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression scale. Among the participants 3.0% were providing non-intensive grandchild care, and 1.9% were providing intensive grandchild care. Compared with grandparents providing no grandchild care, those who provided intensive grandchild care experienced reduced depression. Men providing intensive grandchild care experienced a greater reduction in depression compared with women providing grandchild care. Grandparents who were receiving financial support from adult children were more likely to experience reduced depression than those receiving no such support. The results of this study reveal that intensive grandchild care is associated with lower levels of depression among older adults, particularly men. The findings emphasise the importance of encouraging older adults to participate in grandchild care, regardless of gender. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-180119228 A |
| Classmark | SW: SW5: P6:SW: ENR: 7DK |
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