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Frontal Function, Disability and Caregiver Burden in Elderly Patients With Major Depressive Disorder
- Source :
- Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences, Vol 26, Iss 10, Pp 548-554 (2010)
- Publication Year :
- 2010
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2010.
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Abstract
- Caregivers of patients with late-life major depressive disorder experience a significant level of general caregiver burden. Disability in patients is possibly one of the origins of caregiver burden. Frontal lobe dysfunction might be the source of disability. This study investigated if frontal lobe dysfunction (body level) of patients with late-life major depressive disorder was associated with their disability (individual level), and if it led to a high level of caregiver burden (societal level). Thirty-four unselected pairs of caregivers and their family members with late-life major depressive disorder were recruited. Frontal Assessment Battery and Timed Instrumental Activities of Daily Living (TIADL) were used to assess patients' frontal function and disability, and Caregiver Burden Inventory was used to measure caregiver burden. Frontal Assessment Battery correlated with TIADL (r= −0.47; p
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1607551X
- Volume :
- 26
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Kaohsiung Journal of Medical Sciences
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.4e45b51cd5564dfb86813410843dbb83
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/S1607-551X(10)70084-X