Effects of depression and life factors on social network score in elderly people in Çankaya, Ankara;Ankara Çankaya bölgesindeki yaşlılarda depresyonun ve yaşam faktörlerinin sosyal ilişkilere etkisi

Turkish Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 725-731

  Canbal, Metin ^a   Şencan, Irfan ^b   Şahin, Ayfer ^a   Kunt, Şeyda ^a   Çavuş, Umut Yücel ^c   Tekin, Oǧuz ^b  

^a FATIH UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ANKARA TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

^c DISKAPI YILDIRIM BEYAZIT TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Aged; Depression; Social support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APARTMENT BUILDING; ARTICLE; BUILDING; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FRIEND; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; LUBBEN SOCIAL NETWORK SCALE; MALE; OSTEOARTHRITIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL NETWORK; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 84861307590     PISSN: 13000144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/sag-1103-5     Document Type: Article

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