Impairment, disability, social support and depression among older parents in rural Thailand

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1711-1721

  Suttajit, S ^a   Punpuing, S ^b   Jirapramukpitak, T ^c   Tangchonlatip, K ^b   Darawuttimaprakorn, N ^b   Stewart, R ^d   Dewey, M E ^d   Prince, M ^d   Abas, M A ^d  

^a Faculty of Medicine Chiang Mai University   (Thailand)

^b MAHIDOL UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^c THAMMASAT UNIVERSITY   (Thailand)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ageing; Asia; depression; developing countries; disability; social support

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; THAILAND;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; DISABLED PERSONS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; THAILAND;

EID: 77957169835     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: 14698978     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S003329170999208X     Document Type: Article

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