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Predictive factors associated with psychological distress of caregivers of people with dementia in Japan: a cross-sectional study.

Ryo ShikimotoMitsuhiro SadoAkira NinomiyaKimio YoshimuraBaku IkedaToshiaki BabaMasaru Mimura
Published in: International psychogeriatrics (2017)
Our findings indicated that the psychological distress of the caregivers is quite high and that informal care time and behavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia are associated with it. These results corroborate with previous findings.
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