Impact of chronic systemic and neurological disorders on disability, depression and life satisfaction

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 667-673

  Broe, G Anthony ^a   Jorm, A F ^b   Creasey, Helen ^c   Grayson, David ^a,c   Edelbrock, Dorothy ^c   Waite, Louise M ^c   Bennett, Hayley ^c   Cullen, John S ^c   Casey, Barney ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c Department of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases   (Australia)

Author keywords

Depression; Disability; Disorders of the elderly; Life satisfaction

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHROPATHY; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; AUSTRALIA; BONE DISEASE; CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; EDUCATION; GAIT; GENDER; GERIATRICS; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; NORMAL HUMAN; OBESITY; PARKINSONISM; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PREDICTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SELF REPORT; STROKE; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAIN DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0031783548     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(1998100)13:10<667::AID-GPS839>3.0.CO;2-G     Document Type: Article

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