Loneliness, depression and health status of the institutionalized elderly in Korea and Japan

Asian Nursing Research

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 63-70

  Kim, Oksoo ^a   Byeon, Young Soon ^a   Kim, Jung Hee ^b   Endo, Emiko ^c   Akahoshi, Makoto ^d   Ogasawara, Hiromi ^d  

^a Ewha Womans University   (South Korea)

^b Woosuk University   (South Korea)

^c MUSASHINO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Miyazaki Prefectural Nursing University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Health status; Loneliness

Indexed keywords

EID: 69549111829     PISSN: 19761317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1976-1317(09)60017-7     Document Type: Article

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