The effect of sociodemographic factors and medical status on depressive symptoms of the inhabitants of nursing home and community-dwelling elders in Trabzon-Turkey

Klinik Psikofarmakoloji Bulteni

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 57-60

  Topbaş, Murat ^a   Yaris, Fusun ^a   Can, Gamze ^a   Kapuca, Mehmet ^a   Sayar, Kemal ^a  

^a KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Community dwelling; Depressive symptom; Elderly; Nursing home

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 3242719849     PISSN: 10177833     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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