Cross‐cultural comparison of depression and depressive symptoms in older people
This article presents data on the prevalence of depression and the profile of depressive symptoms in 2 groups of people aged 65 and over: 1070 living in Liverpool, United Kingdom, and 1080 living in Zaragoza, Spain. Similar prevalence figures were found for women (Liverpool first): 14.2% vs 14.8% an...
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crwiley:10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03389.x 2023-12-03T10:24:46+01:00 Cross‐cultural comparison of depression and depressive symptoms in older people Dewey, M. E. de la Cámara, C. Copeland, J. R. M. Lobo, A. Saz, P. 1993 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03389.x https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1111%2Fj.1600-0447.1993.tb03389.x https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03389.x en eng Wiley http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/termsAndConditions#vor Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica volume 87, issue 6, page 369-373 ISSN 0001-690X 1600-0447 Psychiatry and Mental health journal-article 1993 crwiley https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1600-0447.1993.tb03389.x 2023-11-09T13:36:34Z This article presents data on the prevalence of depression and the profile of depressive symptoms in 2 groups of people aged 65 and over: 1070 living in Liverpool, United Kingdom, and 1080 living in Zaragoza, Spain. Similar prevalence figures were found for women (Liverpool first): 14.2% vs 14.8% and, for men, 7.2% vs 6.2%. No age differences were found. The figures are lower than those found using similar methods in London and New York, but higher than those from Iceland. The article also compares the profile of depressive symptoms between Liverpool and Zaragoza and explains these by reference to social and cultural differences. Article in Journal/Newspaper Iceland Wiley Online Library (via Crossref) Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica 87 6 369 373 |
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This article presents data on the prevalence of depression and the profile of depressive symptoms in 2 groups of people aged 65 and over: 1070 living in Liverpool, United Kingdom, and 1080 living in Zaragoza, Spain. Similar prevalence figures were found for women (Liverpool first): 14.2% vs 14.8% and, for men, 7.2% vs 6.2%. No age differences were found. The figures are lower than those found using similar methods in London and New York, but higher than those from Iceland. The article also compares the profile of depressive symptoms between Liverpool and Zaragoza and explains these by reference to social and cultural differences. |
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Cross‐cultural comparison of depression and depressive symptoms in older people |
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