The role of socio-economic status in depression: Results from the COURAGE (aging survey in Europe)

BMC Public Health

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages

  Freeman, Aislinne ^a   Tyrovolas, Stefanos ^b,c   Koyanagi, Ai ^b,c   Chatterji, Somnath ^c   Leonardi, Matilde ^d   Ayuso Mateos, Jose Luis ^e,f   Tobiasz Adamczyk, Beata ^g   Koskinen, Seppo ^h   Rummel Kluge, Christine ^a   Haro, Josep Maria ^b,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (Switzerland)

^d DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^e CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED DE SALUD MENTAL CIBERSAM   (Spain)

^f HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO DE LA PRINCESA   (Spain)

^g JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^h NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cross national; Depression; Education; Income; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; COURAGE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FINLAND; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLAND; SOCIAL STATUS; SPAIN; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; INCOME; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PREVALENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84992170653     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12889-016-3638-0     Document Type: Article

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