## Abstract ## Background Privatelyβowned Nursing homes (PNH) in Hong Kong present a unique setting of institutional care where elderly with the whole spectrum of health status live together. ## Objectives This crossβsectional descriptive study aimed to determine the prevalence of significant de
The effect of somatic symptom attribution on the prevalence rate of depression and anxiety among nursing home patients
β Scribed by Martin Smalbrugge; Anne Margriet Pot; Lineke Jongenelis; Aartjan T.F. Beekman; Jan A. Eefsting
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2005
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 89 KB
- Volume
- 14
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1049-8931
- DOI
- 10.1002/mpr.4
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