Depressive symptoms in elderly women with chronic conditions: Measurement issues

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 64-72

  Zauszniewski, Jaclene A ^a   Bekhet, Abir K ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Alexandria University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Chronic illness; Depression; Measurement; Older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMETRY; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OHIO; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOMETRICS; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 60549094050     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802154481     Document Type: Article

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