Social contact and depression in geriatric patients: Is there an influence of gender?;Soziale kontakte und depression bei geriatrischen patienten: Gibt es einen einfluss von geschlecht?

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 345-352

  Zietemann, V ^a   Machens, P ^b   Mielck, A ^c   Kwetkat, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Klinikum Neuperlach   (Germany)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depression; GDS; Gender; Geriatrics; Social contact

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 34547798542     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-981678     Document Type: Article

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