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| Factors associated with symptoms of depression among informal caregivers of demented elders in the community | | Author(s) | Garbis Meshefedjian, Jane McCusker, François Bellavance |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 38, no 2, April 1998 |
| Pages | pp 247-253 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Dementia ; Family care ; Living in the community ; Canada. |
| Annotation | Research has demonstrated that depression is a common problem among caregivers of persons with dementia. This study examined variables associated with increased severity of depressive symptoms among 321 informal caregivers of persons with dementia living in the community identified by a Canadian national population-based survey. Measures included patient and caregiver demographic variables; patient behavioural disturbance, activities of daily living (ADLs), and cognitive impairment; living arrangement, and duration of disease. Depressive symptoms were measured with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). Multiple regression analyses suggested that a higher CES-D score was significantly associated with three caregiver characteristics (being a spouse or child of the patient, self-identified ethnicity other than English and French Canadian, and lower education), and two patient characteristics (greater behavioural disturbance and moderate to severe functional impairment). (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980716412 A |
| Classmark | ENR: EA: P6:SJ: K4: 7S |
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