Down and drowsy? Do apathetic nursing home residents experience low quality of life?

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 135-141

  Gerritsen, D L ^a   Jongenelis, K ^a   Steverink, N ^b   Ooms, M E ^a   Ribbe, M W ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR; BEHAVIOR RATING SCALE FOR PSYCHOGERIATRIC INPATIENT; COGNITION; CONSCIOUSNESS; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NURSING HOME; PHILADELPHIA GERIATRIC CENTER MORALE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RATING SCALE;

AFFECT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONSCIOUSNESS DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; NURSING HOMES; PERSONAL SATISFACTION; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SLEEP STAGES; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 17144403437     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860412331336797     Document Type: Article

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