Functional impairment as a predictor of depressive symptomatology: The role of race, religiosity, and social support

Health and Social Work

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 23-32

  Cummings, Sherry M ^a   Neff, James Alan ^b   Husaini, Baqar A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly people; Functional impairment; Religiosity; Social support

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; MALE; PREDICTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL WORK; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; RELIGION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORK; UNITED STATES; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0037315869     PISSN: 03607283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hsw/28.1.23     Document Type: Article

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