Quality of life in Chinese elderly people with depression

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 312-318

  Chan, Sally W C ^a   Chiu, Helen F K ^a   Chien, Wai Tong ^a   Thompson, David R ^a   Lam, Linda ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese; Depression; Elderly; Hong Kong; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CHINESE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; ENERGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CONCENTRATION; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; THINKING; WORK CAPACITY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33646203604     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1461     Document Type: Article

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