Chronic medical conditions and mental health in older people: Disability and psychosocial resources mediate specific mental health effects

Psychological Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1065-1077

  Ormel, J ^a   Kempen, G I J M ^b   Penninx, B W J H ^b   Brilman, E I ^b   Beekman, A T F ^b   Van Sonderen, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISABILITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PSYCHOSOCIAL DISORDER; RATING SCALE; ROLE PLAYING; SELF CONTROL; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SICK ROLE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 0030769221     PISSN: 00332917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0033291797005321     Document Type: Article

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