Religiosity and mental health in southern, community-dwelling older adults

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 390-397

  Parker, Michael ^a   Roff, L Lee ^a   Klemmack, D L ^a   Koenig, H G ^c   Baker, P ^b   Allman, R M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL COMPONENT SCORE; MENTAL HEALTH; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RELIGION; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ALABAMA; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; MEDICARE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 0041821611     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1360786031000150667     Document Type: Article

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