Psychological status among elderly people with chronic diseases: Does type of disease play a part?

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 521-534

  Penninx, Brenda W J H ^a   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^b   Ormel, Johan ^c   Kriegsman, Didi M W ^a   Boeke, A Joan P ^a   Van Eijk, Jacques Th M ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chronic diseases; Depressive symptoms; Elderly; Mastery; Psychological status

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CANCER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; NORMAL HUMAN; OSTEOARTHRITIS; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SENESCENCE; STROKE;

EID: 0029946138     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0022-3999(95)00620-6     Document Type: Article

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