Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms Among U.S. Nursing Home Residents

Journal of Aging and Social Policy

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2019, Pages 30-48

  Li, Yue ^a   Cai, Xueya ^a   Harrington, Charlene ^b   Hasselberg, Michael ^a   Conwell, Yeates ^a   Cen, Xi ^a   Temkin Greener, Helena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

depressive symptoms; Nursing home; Patient Health Questionnaire; race and ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ETHNICITY; HEALTH SURVEY; MENTAL HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RACE; RACIAL DISPARITY;

UNITED STATES;

AGED; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NURSING HOME; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 85049780464     PISSN: 08959420     EISSN: 15450821     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08959420.2018.1485394     Document Type: Article

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