Depression, quality of life (QoL) and will to live of community-dwelling postmenopausal women in three Asian countries: Korea, China and Japan

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 53, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 8-12

  Ina, Koichiro ^a   Hayashi, Toshio ^a   Nomura, Hideki ^a   Ishitsuka, Asako ^a   Hirai, Hisako ^a   Iguchi, Akihisa ^b  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b AICHI SHUKUTOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depression; EQ 5D; Geriatric depression scale; Postmenopausal women; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ASIAN; ATTITUDE TO LIFE; CHINA; CHINESE; COMMUNITY LIVING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; JAPAN; JAPANESE; KOREAN; PAIN; PATIENT MOBILITY; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CARE; SELF REPORT; SOUTH KOREA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CHINA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JAPAN; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; POSTMENOPAUSE; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SELF CARE;

EID: 79958007478     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.05.010     Document Type: Article

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