Depression and social support between China' rural and urban empty-nest elderly

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 564-569

  Su, Dan ^a,c   Wu, Xian Ning ^b   Zhang, Ying Xin ^a   Li, Hui Ping ^c   Wang, Wei Li ^c   Zhang, Jing Ping ^a   Zhou, Le Shan ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c ANHUI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Depression; Empty nest elderly; Rural; Social support; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CHILDREN VISIT FREQUENCY; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; INSURANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RELIGION; SELF CONCEPT; SELF PERCEIVED INCOME; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIAL SUPPORT RATING SCALE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84865623039     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.06.006     Document Type: Article

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