Social engagement and depressive symptoms of elderly residents with dementia: A cross-sectional study of 37 long-term care units

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 625-633

  Van Beek, Adriana P A ^a   Frijters, Dinnus H M ^b   Wagner, Cordula ^a   Groenewegen, Peter P ^a   Ribbe, Miel W ^b  

^a NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

dementia; depression; interpersonal relations; nursing homes

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOME PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; RESIDENTIAL HOME; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; AGING; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GERIATRIC NURSING; METHODOLOGY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING; NURSING HOME; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NURSING HOMES; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 80051711221     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210002061     Document Type: Article

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