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A meta-analysis of epidemiological studies in depression of older people in the People's Republic of China
Author(s)	R Chen, J R M Copeland, L Wei
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 10, October 1999
Pages	pp 821-830
Keywords	Depression ; Social surveys ; Literature reviews ; China.
Annotation	There has been little information about depression in Chinese older people. The authors performed a meta-analysis of published epidemiological studies from Chinese medical databases and other sources. There were 10 cross-sectional studies giving sufficient prevalence data on depression (13,565 subjects) or depressive mood (8,476 subjects). The pooled prevalence of depression was 3.86% while that of depressive mood was 14.81%. The risk of depression in rural areas was higher than in urban. The same trends were observed for depressive mood. The patterns of risk factors were similar to those in western countries, while Chinese tradition and culture may be explanatory factors for the low prevalence. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-000114213 A
Classmark	ENR: 3F: 64A: 7DC
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