An age-based comparison of chronic pain clinic patients

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 477-483

  Wijeratne, Chanaka ^a,c   Shome, Sushmita ^b   Hickie, Ian ^a   Koschera, Annette ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b The New South Wales Institute of Psychiatry   (Australia)

^c ST GEORGE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Chronic pain; Depression; Elderly; Somatoform

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS BEHAVIOR; IMPULSIVENESS; INTERVIEW; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL DISABILITY; SOMATIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEPRESSION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; PAIN; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS;

EID: 0035009830     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.366     Document Type: Article

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