Aging fathers of adult children with schizophrenia: the toll of caregiving on their mental and physical health.
Aging fathers of adult children with schizophrenia: the toll of caregiving on their mental and physical health.
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患有精神分裂症的成年子女的年迈父亲：照顾他们的身心健康的代价。
DOI：
10.1176/ps.2009.60.7.982
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发表时间：
2009
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Greenberg,Jan
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作者：
Ghosh,Subharati;Greenberg,Jan
MethodsThe sample of fathers of adults with schizophrenia was from the first wave (2000–2001) of a longitudinal study of families of adults with schizophrenia. The primary respondents were mothers, aged 55 or older, who provided at least weekly support to a son or daughter with schizophrenia. These mothers were recruited primarily through community support programs, the local media, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) in Wisconsin and its local affiliates. Fathers of these adults with schizophrenia were invited to participate in our study by completing a self-administered questionnaire if they were living with their wives. Of the 162 married mothers, 104 of their husbands agreed to participate, for a response rate of 64%. Two fathers had to be excluded from this analysis because of missing data on key dependent variables. Fathers who declined to participate were younger and more likely to be working. The mean±SD age of the fathers who participated was 70.7±7.4. The age of the adults with schizophrenia was 40.7±7.8, and 32 (31%) lived with their parents.
