Affective correlates of fear of falling in elderly persons

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 7-14

  Gagnon, Nadine ^d   Flint, Alastair J ^a,c,e   Naglie, Gary ^b,c   Devins, Gerald M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^c TORONTO REHABILITATION INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^d CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e TORONTO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; HEALTH STATUS; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF CONCEPT; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERIODICITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SELF EFFICACY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 16844368913     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00019442-200501000-00003     Document Type: Article

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