Prevalence and risk factors of depression in the elderly nursing home residents in Singapore

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 724-731

  Tiong, Wei Wei ^a   Yap, Philip ^b   Huat Koh, Gerald Choon ^c   Phoon Fong, Ngan ^c   Luo, Nan ^c  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^b KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

depression; elderly nursing home residents; prevalence; risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICAL MODEL; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SINGAPORE; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84881312950     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2013.775638     Document Type: Article

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