Living with Stigma: Depressed Elderly Persons’ Experiences of Physical Health Problems

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Main theme</td><td align="center">Living with stigma</td><td align="left"> </td><td align="left"> </td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">Themes</td><td align="center">Longing to be taken seriously</td><td align="left">Being uncertain aboutwhether the pain is physical or mental</td><td align="left">A sense of living in a war zone</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>Subthemes </i></td><td align="center"> </td><td align="left">Feeling like a stranger</td><td align="left">Afraid of being helpless and dependent on others</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="4"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"> </td><td align="center"> </td><td align="left">Feeling dizzy</td><td align="left"> </td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="4"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Living with stigma: depressed elderly persons’ experiences of physical health problems and depression.

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Table 2: Living with Stigma: Depressed Elderly Persons’ Experiences of Physical Health Problems 