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- Title
STRESS OF CAREGIVERS OF DEMENTIA PATIENTS IN THE SINGAPORE CHINESE FAMILY.
- Authors
Kua Ee Heok; Tan Swee Li, Gordon K.
- Abstract
In a study of 50 family caregivers of elderly Chinese patients with dementia in Singapore, 28 (56%) scored five points or more on the 28-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ). The GHQ scores correlated significantly with duration of care; presence of delusion, hallucination, depression, insomnia, incontinence and agitation; and the total score of the Behavioural Pathology in Alzheimer's Disease Rating Scale. On multiple regression analysis the only variables to achieve a significant relationship with the GHQ scores were duration of care, depression and the total behavioural score. © 1997 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
CAREGIVERS; PSYCHOLOGICAL stress; DEMENTIA patients; FAMILIES; CHINESE people
- Publication
International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 1997, Vol 12, Issue 4, p466
- ISSN
0885-6230
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199704)12:4<466::AID-GPS517>3.0.CO;2-U