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Patient and caregiver characteristics associated with depression in caregivers of patients with dementia

Journal of General Internal Medicine · 2003 · Vol. 18(12) · pp. 1006–1014

Kenneth E. Covinsky✉(San Francisco VA Medical Center)Robert Newcomer(San Francisco VA Medical Center)Patrick J. Fox(San Francisco VA Medical Center)Joan Wood(University of California, San Francisco)Laura P. Sands(San Francisco VA Medical Center)Kyle Dane(University of California, San Francisco)Kristine Yaffe(University of California, San Francisco)

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Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research Family Caregiving in Mental Illness Intergenerational Family Dynamics and CaregivingMedicineDepression (economics)DementiaActivities of daily livingGeriatric Depression ScaleOdds ratioLogistic regressionConfidence intervalCross-sectional studyGeriatrics

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AgedAged, 80 and overCross-Sectional StudiesDementiaDepressionFemaleHome NursingHumansMaleMiddle AgedPredictive Value of TestsRisk FactorsUnited StatesGeriatric AssessmentChi-Square Distribution

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