Social support and family functioning on psychological symptoms in elderly Chinese

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 203-213

  Leung, Kai Kuen ^a   Chen, Ching Yu ^a   Lue, Bee Horng ^a   Hsu, Shih Tien ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Family function; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; EMOTIONAL STABILITY; FAMILY FUNCTIONING; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KATZ INDEX; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SEX RATIO; SHORT PORTABLE MENTAL STATUS QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; SYMPTOM CHECKLIST 90; URBAN AREA;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 33845216154     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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