Psychiatric morbidity and acute hospitalization in elderly people

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 701-711

  Ng, Tze Pin ^a,b,d   Feng, Liang ^a,b   Chiam, Peak Chiang ^c   Kua, Ee Heok ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disorder; Hospital use; Medical comorbidity; Psychiatric morbidity

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GERIATRICS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORBIDITY; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SCORING SYSTEM; SINGAPORE;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ADMISSION; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; RISK; SINGAPORE;

EID: 33750374556     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610206003346     Document Type: Article

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