Can depression and depressive symptoms predict mortality at 18-month follow-up in acutely medically ill inpatients over the age of 80 years?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 240-243

  Shah, Ajit ^a,b  

^a WEST MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b Science and Technology   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression; Geriatric medicine; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PATIENT SELECTION; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 0031948013     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1099-1166(199804)13:4<240::AID-GPS762>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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