Predictors of change in health-related quality of life among older people with depression: A longitudinal study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1171-1179

  Chan, Sally Wai Chi ^a   Chiu, Helen Fk ^a   Chien, Wai Tong ^a   Goggins, William ^a   Thompson, David ^b   Hong, Benny ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chinese; Depression; Health related quality of life; Older people; Predictors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; BARTHEL INDEX; CHECKLIST; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COOPERATION; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CRONBACH ALPHA COEFFICIENT; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRICS; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT REFERRAL; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOEDUCATION; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; SAMPLING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL WORKER; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC;

EID: 75149197902     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209990950     Document Type: Article

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