Depression and its associated factors among patients attending chronic disease clinics in Southwest Trinidad

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 369-374

  Maharaj, R G ^a   Reid, S D ^b   Misir, A ^c   Simeon, D T ^d  

^a Public Health and Primary Care Unit   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Faculty of Medical Sciences   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c South West Regional Health Authority   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Trinidad and Tobago)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC PATIENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDUCATION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; OCCUPATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO;

EID: 33645648328     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000600005     Document Type: Article

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