The factor structure of a Chinese Geriatric Depression Scale-SF: Use with alone elderly Chinese in Shanghai, China

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 503-510

  Lai, Daniel ^a   Tong, Hongmei ^a   Zeng, Qun ^b   Xu, Wenyan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly chinese; Factor analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FACTOR ANALYSIS, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOMETRICS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 77950822761     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2369     Document Type: Article

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