Leisure and religious activity participation and mental health: Gender analysis of older adults in Nepal

BMC Public Health

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Gautam, Ramraj ^a   Saito, Tami ^a   Kai, Ichiro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LEISURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; PERCEPTION; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELEVISION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN RELATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SATISFACTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINANCING, PERSONAL; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MENTAL HEALTH; NEPAL; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; PSYCHOLOGY, SOCIAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RADIO; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SEX FACTORS; TELEVISION;

EID: 37249047016     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-7-299     Document Type: Article

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