Prevalence and related influencing factors of depressive symptoms for empty-nest elderly living in the rural area of YongZhou, China

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 24-29

  Xie, Li Qin ^a   Zhang, Jing Ping ^a   Peng, Fang ^a   Jiao, Na Na ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Coping style; Depression; Empty nest elderly; Influential factors; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EMPTY NEST ELDERLY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MARRIAGE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; RURAL AREA; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 70449673408     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2009.01.003     Document Type: Article

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