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| Depression and health status among community-dwelling Japanese American elderly | | Author(s) | Zvi D Gellis, Ayako Taguchi |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 27, no 3, 2004 |
| Pages | pp 23-38 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Evaluation ; Health [elderly] ; Asian people ; Japan ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | A cross-sectional study examined the relationships between depression, health status and life events in 97 Japanese American older people aged 65 and older. Individuals completed the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and the SF-12 Health Survey. All respondents had at least one chronic medical condition with heart disease as the most prevalent. Depression was significantly associated with health status. Self-ratings of general health and social support were significantly and negatively associated with depression. Risk factors such as negative life events and family history of depression were associated with higher depression scores. Like other older population groups, these findings underscore that this ethnic group is vulnerable to depressive symptomatology and may have distinct needs within a multicultural perspective. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040610208 A |
| Classmark | ENR: 4C: CC: TKK: 7DT: 3KB: 7T |
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