title: Predictors of caregiver depression among community-residing families living with traumatic brain injury.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To test the hypothesis that ineffective problem-solving abilities would be significantly predictive of risk for depression in caregivers of persons with traumatic brain injury (TBI) after controlling for caregiver burden, caregiver health and demographic characteristics.
  
  
  METHODS
  Correlational and logistic regression analyses of cross-sectional data.
  
  
  METHODS
  57 women and 3 men (M age of caregivers=51.4, SD=10.1) caring for a relative with a TBI.
  
  
  METHODS
  Centers for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression scale (CES-D).
  
  
  RESULTS
  Twenty-nine caregivers (48.3%) had CES-D scores that met the criteria for risk of depression. An ineffective approach to problem solving, characterized by negative, avoidant, and careless/impulsive styles, and self-reported caregiver physical symptoms were significantly predictive of caregiver depression regardless of length of time caregiving, perceived burden, or demographic variables.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Caregivers of persons with TBI who report physical health problems and who exhibit ineffective problem solving area at greater risk for depression, regardless of the time they have spent in their role as a caregiver.
authors: Department of Medicine - Immunology / Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL 35294-2041, USA.
authors: Patricia
authors: P
authors: Rivera
authors: Timothy R
authors: TR
authors: Elliott
authors: Jack W
authors: JW
authors: Berry
authors: Joan S
authors: JS
authors: Grant
authors: Kimberly
authors: K
authors: Oswald
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001930:Brain Injuries / Q000534:rehabilitation; D017028:Caregivers / Q000523:psychology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011340:Problem Solving