Depressive symptoms and cognitive performance of the elderly: Relationship between institutionalization and activity programs

Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 118-121

  Plati, Mara Cristina F ^a   Covre, Priscila ^b   Lukasova, Katerina ^a   De Macedo, Elizeu Coutinho ^a,c  

^a MACKENZIE PRESBYTERIAN UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c Programa de Pós graduação em Distúrbios do Desenvolvimento   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Adjustment disorders; Cognition; Depression; Homes for the aged; Old age assistance

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; COGNITION DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33746128001     PISSN: 15164446     EISSN: 15164446     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1516-44462006000200008     Document Type: Article

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