Impact of major depression and subsyndromal symptoms on quality of life and attitudes toward aging in an international sample of older adults

Gerontologist

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 593-602

  Chachamovich, Eduardo ^a,b   Fleck, Marcelo ^b   Laidlaw, Ken ^c   Power, Mick ^c  

^a University of Rio Grande do Sul ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aging; Subclinical; Well being

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; ARTICLE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PATIENT ATTITUDE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUBSYNDROMAL SYMPTOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 57149115784     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/48.5.593     Document Type: Article

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