Depression and associated factors in older adults in South Africa

Background and objective: Late-life depression is an important public health problem because of its devastating consequences. The study aims to investigate the prevalence and associated factors of self-reported symptom-based depression in a national sample of older South Africans who participated in...

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Main Authors: Karl Peltzer, Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2013-01-01
Series:Global Health Action
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Online Access:http://www.globalhealthaction.net/index.php/gha/article/view/18871/pdf_1