Depression in older cat and dog owners: The Nord-Trøndelag Health Study (HUNT)-3

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 347-352

  Enmarker, Ingela ^a,b   Hellzén, Ove ^a,c   Ekker, Knut ^a   Berg, Anne Grethe T ^d,e  

^a NORD UNIVERSITY   (Norway)

^b Center for Care Research   (Norway)

^c MID SWEDEN UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^e Norwegian Food Safety Authority   (Norway)

Author keywords

depression; older people; pet ownership; quantitative methods and statistics

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL; CAT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DOG; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MALE; NORWAY; OBJECT RELATION; PET ANIMAL; PSYCHOLOGY; SELF REPORT; SEX RATIO; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; BONDING, HUMAN-PET; CATS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DOGS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; NORWAY; PETS; SELF REPORT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84931065779     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2014.933310     Document Type: Article

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