Correlates of cognitive impairment and depressive symptoms among older adults in Korea and Japan

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 576-586

  Lee, Yunhwan ^a   Shinkai, Shoji ^b  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognition; Cross cultural comparison; Depression; Japan; Korea

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBESITY; PREVALENCE; SELF EVALUATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; KOREA; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 21044433016     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1313     Document Type: Article

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