Long-term changes in mood of an aged population: Repeated Zung-tests during a 10-year follow-up

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 185-195

  Pitkala K ^a   Kahonen Vare M ^a   Valvanne, J ^a   Strandberg, T E ^a   Tilvis, R S ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognition; Depression; Mood; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING; STUDENT T TEST; SURVIVAL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOOD DISORDERS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0037373224     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-4943(02)00166-8     Document Type: Article

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