Depression and associated factors in older adults in South Africa

Global Health Action

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Peltzer, Karl ^a,b   Phaswana Mafuya, Nancy ^a,c  

^a HUMAN SCIENCES RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

^c NELSON MANDELA METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Older adults; Risk factors; Self reported depression symptoms; South Africa; Who sage

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; MORPHOMETRICS; OLDER ADULTS; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SELF-REPORTED DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS; SOCIOECONOMICS; SOUTH AFRICA; VERY ELDERLY; WHO SAGE;

OLDER ADULTS; RISK FACTORS; SELF-REPORTED DEPRESSION SYMPTOMS; SOUTH AFRICA; WHO SAGE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHTS AND MEASURES; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIET; EXERCISE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AFRICA;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84880165878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16549880     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/gha.v6i0.18871     Document Type: Article

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