Outcomes of community-based screening for depression and suicide prevention among Japanese elders

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 821-826

  Oyama, Hirofumi ^a   Fujita, Motoi ^b   Goto, Masahiro ^c   Shibuya, Hiroshi ^d   Sakashita, Tomoe ^a  

^a AOMORI UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Japan)

^b Niigata Psychiatric Center   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d National Nishigunma Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Community based intervention; Controlled clinical trial; Gender difference; Incidence rate ratio; Quasi experimental design

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JAPANESE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK REDUCTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 33845946100     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.6.821     Document Type: Article

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