Apathy in late-life depression among Taiwanese patients

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 328-337

  Lee, Shwu Hua ^a   Wen, Ming Ching ^b   Chao, Chia Chen ^c   Chen, Ying Jen ^b   Yen, Cheng Fang ^d,e  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Apathy related items; Chinese version; Motivation; Reliability; Validity

Indexed keywords

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CHINESE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOTIVATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGY; SCORING SYSTEM; TAIWAN; VALIDITY;

AGE OF ONSET; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PREVALENCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TAIWAN;

EID: 38949183647     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610207005698     Document Type: Article

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