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dc.contributor.authorMbugua Margaret Njeri.
dc.contributor.authorKuria Mary W.
dc.contributor.authorNdetei David M.
dc.date.accessioned2013-02-15T07:50:49Z
dc.date.available2013-02-15T07:50:49Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal of Family Medicine Volume2011,Article ID 534513,5pages doi:10.1155/2011/534513en
dc.identifier.urihttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/9961
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3658562/
dc.identifier.urihttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22295186
dc.descriptionThePrevalenceofDepressionamongFamilyCaregiversof ChildrenwithIntellectualDisabilityinaRuralSettinginKenyaen
dc.description.abstractCaregivers of children with intellectual disability have a great responsibility that may be stressful. The psychological well-being of the care giver may affect the quality of care given to children with intellectual disability. Objective. The objective of the study was to determine the risk of depression in care givers of children with intellectual disability.Setting.The study was conducted at Gachie Catholic Parish, Archdiocese of Nairobi (Kenya). Design. Cross sectional, descriptive study. Method. The study was conducted among 114 caregivers registered at the Gachie Parish program (in Kenya) for the intellectual disabled children. A researcher-designed social demographic questionnaire and the Beck depression inventory were administered to those that met the inclusion criteria. Results. Seventy-nine percent (79%) of the caregivers were at risk of clinical depression. Conclusion. Majority of the care givers of children with intellectual disability were at risk of developing clinical depression.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesVolume 2011,Article ID 534513,5pages;
dc.titleThe Prevalence of Depression among Family Caregivers of Children with Intellectual Disability in a Rural Setting in Kenyaen
dc.typeArticleen
local.publisher1 Department of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi,en
local.publisherDepartment of Psychiatry, University of Nairobi and Africa Mental Health Foundationen


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