Negative religious coping mediates dementia caregiver burden and depression in a Malaysian setting

Affiliations

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Duchess of Kent, Sabah, Malaysia.
² Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah, Malaysia.
⁵ Centre of Evidence Based Practice, Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Yue Wen Cheang et al. Psychogeriatrics. 2023 Jul.

. 2023 Jul;23(4):738-741.

doi: 10.1111/psyg.12989. Epub 2023 Jun 7.

¹ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Duchess of Kent, Sabah, Malaysia.
² Department of Psychological Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
³ Department of Psychiatry, Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
⁴ Department of Psychiatry and Mental Health, Hospital Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah, Malaysia.
⁵ Centre of Evidence Based Practice, Department of Social & Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

No abstract available

Keywords: caregivers; dementia; depression; religion.

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