Prevalence and predictors of depressive symptoms in a nursing home

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 629-634

  Rozzini, Renzo ^a,b   Boffelli, Stefano ^b   Franzoni, Simone ^a   Frisoni, Giovanni B ^b   Trarucchi, Marco ^b  

^a P Richiedei Hospital   (Italy)

^b GERIATRIC RESEARCH GROUP   (Italy)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; NURSING HOME; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREVALENCE; SELF EVALUATION;

EID: 0029900381     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199607)11:7<629::AID-GPS360>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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