Toward a more comprehensive understanding of the etiology of falls: Identifying depression and anxiety in community-dwelling elders

Topics in Geriatric Rehabilitation

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 212-219

  Miller, Patricia A ^a   Pantel, Ernestine S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Fall prevention; Falls self efficacy; Fear of falling; Worry about falling

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PUBLIC HEALTH; REVIEW; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SELF CONCEPT;

EID: 0041919605     PISSN: 08827524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00013614-200307000-00008     Document Type: Review

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