ArticleBMC geriatrics2017
Determinants of depression in primary caregivers of disabled older relatives: a path analysis.
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- Pooled it
- Cut-off score for the short form informal caregiver burden assessment questionnaire for predicting depression.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Care Recipients' Cognitive Trajectories and Caregivers' Depressive Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Caregiving Burden.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Older caregivers' depressive symptomatology over time: evidence from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe.European journal of ageing · 2024Article
- Influence of preparedness on caregiver burden, depression, and quality of life in caregivers of people with disabilities.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Care Recipient Controlling and Manipulative Behavior and Caregiver Depressive Symptoms: The Role of Race, Caregiver Resentment, and Mutual Communal Behavior.The Gerontologist · 2022Article
- Socioeconomic status and depressive symptoms in older people with the mediation role of social support: A population-based longitudinal study.International journal of methods in psychiatric research · 2021Article
- Personal and Family Resources Related to Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Women during Puerperium.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
- Social support and depressive symptoms among family caregivers of older people with disabilities in four provinces of urban China: the mediating role of caregiver burden.BMC geriatrics · 2020Article
- Obligation and negative consequences in primary caregivers of dependent older relatives.PloS one · 2018Article
- The Development of a Quality of Life Scale for Informal Carers for Older Adults.Gerontology & geriatric medicineArticle
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundDespite the large literature analysing factors related to depression, several factors such as caregiving obligation and the interrelationships among the different variables relating to depression have been little studied. The current study aimed to analyse the effect of caregiving obligation (beliefs regarding obligation and social pressure) on depression, and the mediating effects of perceived burden on the relationship between stressors and depression, in primary caregivers of older relatives.
methodsCross-sectional study design. A probabilistic sample of caregivers from Spain (N = 200) was used. The data collection was conducted in 2013 through structured interviews in the caregivers' homes. The measures included sense of obligation for caregiving, perceived burden, stressors and depression.
resultsDepression had a direct and positive association with perceived burden, behavioural problems, and social pressure, and it was indirectly related through perceived burden to behavioural problems, independence for the activities of daily living and beliefs of obligation.
conclusionsOur results support the multidimensional concept of obligation, suggesting the existence of both an external obligation (social pressure) and an internal obligation (beliefs of obligation); (b) our findings support the hypothesis that external obligation is related to negative caregiving consequences, while internal obligation protects from these consequences; and (c) our findings support the partial mediation of stressors on depression by perceived burden. The relevance of the research to clinical practice includes the importance of understanding the perceived obligation of caregiving related to both internal and external sources of obligation.
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