Prevalence and correlates of depression among Saudi elderly

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 14, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 739-747

  Al Shammari, Sulaiman A ^a   Al Subaie, Abdullah ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Geriatric depression scale; Saudi

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIVORCE; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSING; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INCOME; INCONTINENCE; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIVACY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELATIVE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNEMPLOYMENT; WIDOW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0032843996     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199909)14:9<739::AID-GPS998>3.0.CO;2-1     Document Type: Article

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