PMID- 19391171
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20110111
LR  - 20221207
IS  - 1099-1166 (Electronic)
IS  - 0885-6230 (Linking)
VI  - 24
IP  - 12
DP  - 2009 Dec
TI  - Differences in psychological morbidity among Australian and Chinese caregivers of 
      persons with dementia in residential care.
PG  - 1343-51
LID - 10.1002/gps.2264 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: The aim of the present study was to determine the effects of culture 
      on caregiver psychological morbidity among informal caregivers of 
      institutionalised persons with dementia in three different populations: (1) 
      Shanghai, (2) Australian-Chinese and (3) Australian mainstream (non-Chinese). 
      METHODS: Caregivers and residents with dementia were recruited from (1) a 
      dementia hospital in Shanghai, (2) three ethno-specific Chinese nursing homes in 
      Sydney and (3) four mainstream nursing homes in Sydney. Psychological morbidity 
      was assessed using the Geriatric Depression Scale, mental health component (MHC) 
      of the RAND-36 Health Status Inventory and a guilt scale. RESULTS: There were no 
      significant differences between the three groups as measured by the guilt scale 
      and MHC. Shanghai caregivers had higher mean depression scores than 
      Australian-Chinese caregivers (p < 0.001), who in turn had higher mean depression 
      scores than Australian mainstream caregivers (p = 0.015). Higher depression 
      scores were found to be inversely associated with the caregiver's education level 
      and physical health status, and associated with increased frequency of nursing 
      home visits, but not with levels of behavioural and psychological symptoms of 
      dementia (BPSD). CONCLUSION: Levels of depression in caregivers of 
      institutionalised persons with dementia differ by culture and country of 
      residence.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
FAU - Wu, Helen Zong Ying
AU  - Wu HZ
AD  - Primary Dementia Collaborative Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 45 
      Beach Street, Coogee, Australia. helenwzy@hotmail.com
FAU - Low, Lee-Fay
AU  - Low LF
FAU - Xiao, Shifu
AU  - Xiao S
FAU - Brodaty, Henry
AU  - Brodaty H
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Multicenter Study
PT  - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
PL  - England
TA  - Int J Geriatr Psychiatry
JT  - International journal of geriatric psychiatry
JID - 8710629
SB  - IM
MH  - Aged
MH  - Analysis of Variance
MH  - Asian People/*psychology
MH  - Australia/epidemiology
MH  - Caregivers/*psychology
MH  - China/epidemiology
MH  - *Cross-Cultural Comparison
MH  - Dementia/*nursing/psychology
MH  - Depressive Disorder/*epidemiology
MH  - Female
MH  - Guilt
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Nursing Homes
MH  - White People/*psychology
EDAT- 2009/04/25 09:00
MHDA- 2011/01/12 06:00
CRDT- 2009/04/25 09:00
PHST- 2009/04/25 09:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2009/04/25 09:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/01/12 06:00 [medline]
AID - 10.1002/gps.2264 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Dec;24(12):1343-51. doi: 10.1002/gps.2264.