Social Participation and Depression in Old Age: A Fixed-Effects Analysis in 10 European Countries

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 168-176

  Croezen, Simone ^b   Avendano, Mauricio ^b   Burdorf, Alex ^b   Van Lenthe, Frank J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

social participation

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; ADULT; AGING; HEALTH SURVEY; INDIVIDUAL-BASED MODEL; MENTAL HEALTH; RELIGION; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; SYMPTOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; BELGIUM; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONFOUNDING VARIABLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DEPRESSION; EURO D SCALE; EUROPE; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERMANY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MENTAL PATIENT; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RELIGIOUS GROUP; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; SPAIN; SWEDEN; SWITZERLAND; CLINICAL TRIAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RELIGION;

EUROPE;

AGED; AGING; DEPRESSION; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RELIGION AND PSYCHOLOGY; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION;

EID: 84936767347     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: 14766256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwv015     Document Type: Article

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