The effect of somatic symptom attribution on the prevalence rate of depression and anxiety among nursing home patients

International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 146-150

  Smalbrugge, Martin ^a,b   Pot, Anne Margriet ^a,b,c   Jongenelis, Lineke ^a,b   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a,b   Eefsting, Jan A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Nursing home; Prevalence; Symptom attribution

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL DISCOMFORT; ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION; APPETITE DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT DISORDER; CALCULATION; CHILL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; DIZZINESS; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HEART PALPITATION; HOT FLUSH; HUMAN; HYPERSOMNIA; INSOMNIA; IRRITABILITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MUSCLE TONE; NAUSEA; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NURSING HOME; PANIC; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL DISABILITY; PHYSICAL DISEASE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOMOTOR RETARDATION; RESTLESSNESS; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SWEAT GLAND DISEASE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; TREMOR; VALIDATION PROCESS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING HOMES; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 26844494499     PISSN: 10498931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mpr.4     Document Type: Article

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