Changes in depressive symptoms and functional disability among community-dwelling depressive older adults

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1633-1641

  Nyunt, Ma Shwe Zin ^a   Lim, May Li ^a   Yap, Keng Bee ^b   Ng, Tze Pin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Jurong Hospital   (Singapore)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; aging; depression; disability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REMISSION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 84865493141     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212000890     Document Type: Article

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