Impacts of poor social support on general health status in community-dwelling Korean elderly: The results from the Korean Longitudinal Study on Health and Aging

Psychiatry Investigation

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-162

  Shin, Jae Kyung ^a,c   Kim, Ki Woong ^b,c   Park, Joon Hyuk ^b   Lee, Jung Jae ^b   Huh, Yooseok ^b   Lee, Seok Bum ^a   Choi, Eun Ae ^d   Lee, Dong Young ^a,c   Woo, Jong Inn ^a,c  

^a Seoul National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Kongju National Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Elderly; General health; Geriatric depression; Quality of life; Social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EVALUATION; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KOREA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 54549089813     PISSN: 17383684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4306/pi.2008.5.3.155     Document Type: Article

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