A survey of quality of life and depression for police officers in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 925-932

  Chen, Hsiu Chao ^a   Chou, Frank Huang Chih ^a,b   Chen, Ming Chao ^a   Su, Shu Fang ^a   Wang, Shing Yaw ^b   Feng, Wen Wei ^b   Chen, Pei Chun ^a   Lai, Juin Yang ^a   Chao, Shin Shin ^a   Yang, Shiow Lan ^a   Tsai, Tung Chieh ^a   Tsai, Kuan Yi ^a   Lin, Kung Shih ^a   Lee, Chun Ying ^a   Wu, Hung Chi ^a  

^a KAI SUAN PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b I SHOU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

12 Item Short Form Health Survey (SF 12); Depression; Disaster Related Psychological Screening Test (DRPST); Police officers; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

12 ITEM SHORT FORM HEALTH SURVEY; ACHIEVEMENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISASTER RELATED PSYCHOLOGICAL SCREENING TEST; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JOB STRESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PEER PRESSURE; POLICE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCREENING TEST; TAIWAN; WORK DISABILITY; WORKLOAD;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; TAIWAN;

EID: 33744469346     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-005-4829-9     Document Type: Article

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