Depressed mood, physician-rated prognosis, and comorbidity as independent predictors of 1-year mortality in consecutive medical inpatients

Journal of Psychosomatic Research

Volumn 50, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 295-301

  Herrmann Lingen, Christoph ^a   Klemme, Heike ^a   Meyer, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GÖTTINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Comorbidity; Depression; Medical patients; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY TEST; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PERSONALITY INVENTORY; PROGNOSIS; SICK ROLE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0035377775     PISSN: 00223999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-3999(00)00226-9     Document Type: Article

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