Anxiety and well-being in older people after discharge from hospital

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 271-277

  Kvaal, Kari ^a   Laake, Knut ^a  

^a ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Chronic disease; Nursing; Old age psychiatry; Older patients; Primary care; State Trait Anxiety Inventory; Well being

Indexed keywords

ACUTE DISEASE; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; GENDER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NERVOUSNESS; NURSING; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT DISCHARGE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0242690926     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2648.2003.02802.x     Document Type: Article

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