Dementia, depressive symptoms and activities of daily living as risk factors for falls among elderly

Sozial- und Praventivmedizin

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 123-130

  Gostynski, Michal ^a   Ajdacic Gross, Vladeta ^a   Heusser Gretler, Rolf ^a   Gutzwiller, Felix ^a   Michel, Jean Pierre ^b   Herrmann, François ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Activity of daily living; Aged; Dementia; Depression; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; FALLING; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NURSING HOME; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWITZERLAND; SYMPTOM; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; FRAIL ELDERLY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 0035224477     PISSN: 03038408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01299729     Document Type: Article

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