Depression, disability and functional status among community-dwelling older adults in South Africa: Evidence from the first South African National Income Dynamics Study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1270-1279

  Tomita, Andrew ^a   Burns, Jonathan K ^b  

^a Department of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

activities of daily living; depression; disability; older; South Africa

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NEIGHBORHOOD; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; OLDER; SOUTH AFRICA;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84887261148     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3954     Document Type: Article

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