Depressive symptoms in older people predict nursing home admission [5]

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 54, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1794-1795

  St John, Philip D ^a   Montgomery, Patrick R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; CANADA; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LETTER; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANITOBA; NURSING HOMES; PATIENT ADMISSION; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 33750505442     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2006.00928.x     Document Type: Letter

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