Depressive symptoms in old age: Relations among sociodemographic and self-reported health variables

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 941-949

  Nicolosi, Gloria Teixeira ^a   Falcão, Deusivania Vieira Da Silva ^b   Batistoni, Samila Satler Tavares ^a,b   Lopes, Andrea ^b   Cachioni, Meire ^a,b   Neri, Anita Liberalesso ^a   Yassuda, Mônica Sanches ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

age; chronic conditions; depression; education; gender; income

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ANALYSIS; ANOREXIA; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATION; FALLING; FECES INCONTINENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INCOME; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEOPLASM; OSTEOPOROSIS; PERCEPTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SENESCENCE; STROKE; URINE INCONTINENCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INCOME; MALE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SELF REPORT; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 79960130499     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610211000627     Document Type: Article

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