Spirituality, Depression, Living Alone, and Perceived Health Among Korean Older Adults in the Community

Archives of Psychiatric Nursing

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 309-322

  You, Kwang Soo ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Lee, Hae Ok ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Fitzpatrick, Joyce J ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Kim, Susie ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Marui, Eiji ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Lee, Jung Su ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Cook, Paul ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Seoul Cyber University   (South Korea)

^e JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^g UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH KOREA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BUDDHISM; CHRISTIANITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NURSING METHODOLOGY RESEARCH; QUESTIONNAIRES; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPIRITUALITY;

EID: 67650938139     PISSN: 08839417     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apnu.2008.07.003     Document Type: Article

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