Associations of depressive symptoms with regular leisure activity and family social support among Japanese workers

Industrial Health

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 181-185

  Wada, Koji ^a   Satoh, Toshihiko ^a   Tanaka, Katsutoshi ^a   Tsunoda, Masashi ^a   Aizawa, Yoshiharu ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Family social support; Lifestyle; Regular leisure activity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FAMILY COUNSELING; FEMALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; DEPRESSION; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 33846883744     PISSN: 00198366     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2486/indhealth.45.181     Document Type: Article

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