Prevalence of undetected cognitive impairment and depression in residents of an elderly care home

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 375-379

  Al Jawad, M ^a   Rashid, Abdul Kahn ^a   Narayan, K A ^a  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Elderly; Malaysia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC CARE; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION; PREVALENCE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE;

EID: 42349091954     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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