Assessment of Social Support and Its Association to Depression, Self-Perceived Health and Chronic Diseases in Elderly Individuals Residing in an Area of Poverty and Social Vulnerability in Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil

OBJECTIVES: Social support (SS) influences the elderly ability to cope with the losses of ageing process. This study was aimed at assessing SS among elderly users of a primary healthcare unit in a poor and violent area of Rio de Janeiro City, and at verifying its association with depression, self-pe...

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Autores principales: Lino, Valeria T. S., Portela, Margareth C., Camacho, Luiz A. B., Atie, Soraya, Lima, Maria J. B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3741124/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23951227
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071712

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