Unrecognized depression in community-dwelling elderly persons in Istanbul

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 303-312

  Kulaksizoglu, Isin Baral ^a,c   Gürvit, Hakan ^a   Polat, Aslihan ^a   Harmanci, Hande ^b   Cakir, Sibel ^a   Hanagasi, Hasmet ^a   Bilgic, Basar ^a   Emre, Murat ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MARMARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cross cultural; Depression; Elderly; Geriatric; Geriatric depression scale; Prevalence; Turkey

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIPARA; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); URBAN POPULATION;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; TURKEY;

EID: 23044512197     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610204000845     Document Type: Article

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