Loneliness, Depression and Health Status of the Institutionalized Elderly in Korea and Japan

• Main Authors: Oksoo Kim, RN, PhD (Author), Young-Soon Byeon, RN, PhD (Author), Jung-Hee Kim, RN, PhD (Author), Emiko Endo, RN, PhD (Author), Makoto Akahoshi, RN, PhD (Author), Hiromi Ogasawara, RN, MS (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Elsevier, 2009-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The purpose of the study was to describe loneliness, depression, and health status in Korean and Japanese institutionalized elderly and explore differences between the countries. Also this study determined predictors of depression in each group. Methods: Elderly subjects, aged 65-98 (n = 184), were...