Mortality, symptoms, and functional impairment in late-life depression

Journal of General Internal Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 746-752

  Callahan, Christopher M ^a,c,e   Wolinsky, Fredric D ^b   Stump, Timothy E ^a   Nienaber, Nancy A ^a   Hui, Siu L ^a,c,e   Tierney, William M ^a,c,d,e  

^a REGENSTRIEF INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY CENTER FOR AGING RESEARCH   (United States)

^c RICHARD L ROUDEBUSH VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Functional impairment; Late life depression; Mortality; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0031724902     PISSN: 08848734     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1525-1497.1998.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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