Depression in institutionalised older people with impaired vision

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2000, Pages 1120-1124

  Ip, Shirley P S ^a   Leung, Y F ^a   Mak, W P ^a  

^a Caritas Medical Centre Hong Kong   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Blindness; Depression; Long term care institution, functional ability, screening and management; Older persons; Sensory impairment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLINDNESS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; LONG TERM CARE; MASS SCREENING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; RATING SCALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SYMPTOM; VISION TEST; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 0034504787     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/1099-1166(200012)15:12<1120::AID-GPS256>3.0.CO;2-X     Document Type: Article

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