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Depression among the elderly Chinese in Canada
Author(s)	Daniel W L Lai
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 19, no 3, Autumn 2000
Pages	pp 409-429
Keywords	Chinese people ; Depression ; Evaluation ; Canada.
Annotation	This research investigated the prevalence of depression among older Chinese people in Canada. Respondents were 96 randomly selected older Chinese living in Calgary. A 15-item Chinese version of the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) was used as the depression measure. Results show that among the respondents, 9.4% were mildly depressed and 11.5% were moderately to severely depressed. The overall prevalence rate of depression in older Chinese people is higher than that of the general older population in Canada, but lower than that of the Chinese in the United States. Findings from regression analysis show that having more illnesses, having lived in Canada longer, not knowing English, being younger in age, and having poor physical health are the significant predictors of depression in older Chinese people. The results indicate the mental health needs of this group of ethnic elderly. Other research and practice implications of the findings are also discussed. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-001206207 A
Classmark	TKL: ENR: 4C: 7S
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