High prevalence rate of depression among community-dwelling Japanese frail elderly

Japanese Journal of Geriatrics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 512-517

  Kuzuya, Masafumi ^a   Masuda, Yuichiro ^a   Hirakawa, Yoshihisa ^a   Iwata, Mitsunaga ^a   Enoki, Hiromi ^a   Hasegawa, Jun ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antidepressant; Community; Depression; Elderly; Long term care insurance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; INSURANCE, LONG-TERM CARE; JAPAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33750585251     PISSN: 03009173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3143/geriatrics.43.512     Document Type: Article

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