The influence of multi-morbidity and self-reported socio-economic standing on the prevalence of depression in an elderly Hong Kong population

BMC Public Health

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Wong, Samuel Y ^a   Mercer, Stewart W ^b   Woo, Jean ^a   Leung, Jason ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INCOME; INDEPENDENT VARIABLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; PREVALENCE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 42549116788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-119     Document Type: Article

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