Prevalence and psychosocial correlates of depressive symptoms in urban Chinese women during midlife

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2014, Pages

  Wong, Carmen K M ^a   Liang, Jun ^b   Chan, Man L ^b   Chan, Yin H ^b   Chan, Laam ^b   Wan, Kwong Y ^b   Ng, Ming S ^b   Chan, Dicken C C ^a   Wong, Samuel Y S ^a   Wong, Martin C S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TUEN MUN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHINESE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DIVORCED WOMAN; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HONG KONG; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INCOME; LEISURE; LIFE EVENT; MARRIAGE; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; PATIENT HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE 9; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPARATED PERSON; SINGLE WOMAN; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL STRESS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE; WIDOW; WOMEN'S HEALTH; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CITY; LIFESTYLE; MENTAL STRESS; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PSYCHOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CHINA; CITIES; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84911878399     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0110877     Document Type: Article

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