Diabetes and depressive symptoms among Korean American older adults: The mediating role of subjective health perceptions

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 432-437

  Jang, Yuri ^a   Park, Nan Sook ^a   Cho, Soyeon ^b   Roh, Soonhee ^c   Chiriboga, David A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH DAKOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Depressive symptoms; Diabetes; Korean american older adults

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; KOREAN AMERICAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; SOCIAL BELIEF; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN AMERICANS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FEMALE; FLORIDA; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 84866542865     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2012.03.018     Document Type: Article

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