Association between social support and depression in the general population: The HUNT study, a cross-sectional survey

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 111-120

  Grav, Siv ^a   Hellzèn, Ove ^a,b   Romild, Ulla ^c,d   Stordal, Eystein ^e,f  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^d SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^e Namsos Hospital   (Norway)

^f NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Depression; Descriptive survey; Logistic regression; Nursing; Older people; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 83355169573     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2011.03868.x     Document Type: Article

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