Depressive symptoms of informal caregivers are associated with those of community-dwelling dependent care recipients
Depressive symptoms of informal caregivers are associated with those of community-dwelling dependent care recipients
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DOI：
10.1017/s104161021000089x
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发表时间：
2010-12-01
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7
通讯作者：
Kuzuya, Masafumi
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作者：
Izawa, Sachiko;Hasegawa, Jun;Kuzuya, Masafumi
背景：照顾者的抑郁症状和照顾者的抑郁症状之间的关系仍然未知。我们评估了抑郁状态的照顾者和社区居住的残疾人care recipients.Methods：893护理收件人和配对照顾者进行了前瞻性队列研究之间的关联。这些护理对象都有资格参加普遍覆盖的长期护理保险计划，年龄从65岁到104岁不等。他们和他们的配对照顾者（年龄范围31-90岁）在基线时完成了15项老年抑郁量表（GDS-15，评分范围：0-15）评估。GDS-15被用来测量照顾者和接受者的抑郁，阈值为
Background: The relationship between care recipients' depressive symptoms and those of caregivers remains unknown. We evaluated the association between the depressive status of caregivers and that of community-dwelling disabled care recipients.Methods: A prospective cohort study of 893 care recipients and paired caregivers was conducted. The care recipients were all eligible for a universal-coverage long-term care insurance program and their ages ranged from 65 to 104 years. They and their paired caregivers (age range 31-90 years) completed the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15, score range: 0-15) assessment at baseline. The GDS-15 was used to measure the depression of caregivers and recipients with a threshold of