Prevalence and risk factors for depressive symptoms among community-dwelling elders in Taiwan

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1097-1102

  Tsai, Yun Fang ^a   Yeh, Shu Hui ^b   Tsai, Hsiu Hsin ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Community dwelling; Depressive symptoms; Elders

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY CARE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; LIFE SATISFACTION; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 28444432770     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1413     Document Type: Article

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