Self-reported depression in first-year nursing students in relation to socio-demographic and educational factors: A nationwide cross-sectional study in Sweden

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 299-310

  Christensson, Anna ^a   Vaez, Marjan ^a   Dickman, Paul W ^a   Runeson, Bo ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Depression; Epidemiology; Nursing; Socio demographic factors; Undergraduate students

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING STUDENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SWEDEN;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STUDENTS, NURSING; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79956042806     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-010-0198-y     Document Type: Article

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