Religiosity of depressed elderly inpatients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-21

  Payman, Vahid ^a   George, Kuruvilla ^a   Ryburn, Bridget ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Depression; Elderly; Inpatients; Religion

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COPING BEHAVIOR; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELIGION; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PSYCHOMETRICS; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VICTORIA;

EID: 38749083416     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1827     Document Type: Article

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