Predicting changes in the health-related quality of life of Chinese depressed older people

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 41-47

  Chan, Sally ^a   Chiu, Helen ^b   Chien, Wai Tong ^a   Goggins, William ^a   Thompson, David ^c   Lam, Linda ^b   Hong, Benny ^a  

^a and Hong Kong Branch of CAS Center for Excellence in Animal Evolution and Genetics   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese older people; Depression; HRQoL; Longitudinal study; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHINESE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PERCEPTION; PILOT STUDY; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 61749096957     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2068     Document Type: Article

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