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Depression among caregivers of the elderly in need of care and their service utilization: A pilot study.
- Source :
- Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences; Aug98, Vol. 52 Issue 4, p463-465, 3p
- Publication Year :
- 1998
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Abstract
- Twenty-four community residing elderly people in need of care, who were registered with the municipal welfare center in Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, and their principal caregivers participated in the study. The principal caregivers completed a self-administered questionnaire involving their demographic status, provided data on their utilization of formal services and completed the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). The health visitors examined the activities of daily living (ADL) and mental status of these 24 elderly individuals. More than half the caregivers appeared to be depressed. The non-depressed caregivers used significantly more services than the depressed caregivers even after the caregivers' age was statistically controlled. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- CAREGIVERS
MENTAL depression
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 13231316
- Volume :
- 52
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Psychiatry & Clinical Neurosciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 5335826
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1440-1819.1998.00418.x