Levels and rates of depression among Chinese people living in Chinese ethno-specific and mainstream residential care in Sydney

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 237-245

  Goh, Ivanna ^a   Low, Lee Fay ^a   Brodaty, Henry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD); Culture; Ethno specific nursing home; Non English speaking background (NESB); Nursing home; Older residents; Residential care

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHINESE; CORNELL SCALE FOR DEPRESSION IN DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; SOCIALIZATION; AGE; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 77950554786     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S104161020999069X     Document Type: Article

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