Depression measured by the Zung Depression Status Inventory is very rare in a Finnish population aged 85 years and over

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 359-368

  Kiljunen, Minna ^a   Sulkava, Raimo ^a   Niinistö, Leena ^b   Polvikoski, Tuomo ^c   Verkkoniemi, Auli ^c   Halonen, Pirjo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b Katriina Geriatric Hospital   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; RATING SCALE; SELF ESTEEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS;

EID: 0031413771     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610297004493     Document Type: Article

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