Prevalence and Predictors of Depression in Korean American Elderly: Findings from the Memory and Aging Study of Koreans (MASK).

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Published in Am J Geriatr Psychiatry on November 25, 2014

Authors

Miyong T Kim1, Kim B Kim2, Hae-Ra Han3, Boyun Huh4, Tam Nguyen5, Hochang B Lee6

Author Affiliations

1: School of Nursing, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX.
2: Korean Resource Center, Ellicott City, MD. Electronic address: kbkim@ikorean.org.
3: School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD.
4: School of Nursing, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
5: Connell School of Nursing, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA.
6: School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT.

Associated clinical trials:

Health Literacy-Focused Program to Improve Blood Pressure Control in Korean Americans | NCT00406614

Culturally-focused Consultation for Asian Americans and Latino Americans (CFP) | NCT01239407

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