Religious attendance and depressive symptoms among community dwelling elderly in Taiwan

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 19, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 1148-1154

  Hahn, Cheng Yi ^a   Yang, Mei Sang ^b   Yang, Ming Jen ^b,c   Shih, Chun Hua ^b   Lo, Hsin Yi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Religion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 11144294723     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1204     Document Type: Article

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