A Primary Care Study of the Correlates of Depressive Symptoms Among Jordanian Women

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 487-496

  Hamid, Hamada ^a   Abu Hijleh, Nizam Saleh ^b   Sharif, Samar Lutfi ^b   Raqab, Mohammad Zayed ^b   Mas'ad, Diana ^b   Abbas, Adnan ^b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Arabs; cross cultural differences; depression; Jordan; primary care; women

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; JORDAN; LIFE EVENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MARRIAGE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGED; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; JORDAN; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 11444258791     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461504047931     Document Type: Article

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