Cognitive function and health-related quality of life in elderly patients with hypertension - Baseline data from the Study on COgnition and Prognosis in the Elderly (SCOPE)

Blood Pressure

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 157-165

  Degl' Innocenti, Alessio ^a   Elmfeldt, Dag ^a   Hansson, Lennart ^a   Breteler, Monique ^a   James, Oliver ^a   Lithell, Hans ^a   Olofsson, Bertil ^a   Skoog, Ingmar ^a   Trenkwalder, Peter ^a   Zanchetti, Alberto ^a   Wiklund, Ingela ^a  

^a ASTRAZENECA R AND D   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Elderly; Health related quality of life; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

CANDESARTAN HEXETIL; PLACEBO; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; DRUG EFFECT; EDUCATION; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL TEST; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SELF CONTROL; SYMPTOM; WELLBEING;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; COGNITION; DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 18444384501     PISSN: 08037051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/080370502760050395     Document Type: Article

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