Prevalence of depression and its associated factors among elderly patients in outpatient clinic of Universiti Sains Malaysia Hospital

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 134-139

  Imran, A ^a   Azidah, Abdul Kadir ^a   Asrenee, A R ^a   Rosediani, M ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Geriatric

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FAMILY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MOBILITY; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SATISFACTION; SOCIAL ASPECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; OUTPATIENTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 77449133405     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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