Chronic diseases, depressive symptoms and functional limitation amongst older people in rural Malaysia, a middle income developing country

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 53, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 343-346

  Hairi, Noran N ^a   Bulgiba, Awang ^a   Mudla, Izzuna ^b   Said, Mas Ayu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chronic diseases; Depressive symptoms; Functional limitation; Older people

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERIATRIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; TINETTI PERFORMANCE ORIENTED MOBILITY ASSESSMENT TOOL;

AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITION; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 80955158533     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2011.07.020     Document Type: Article

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