Anxiety symptoms and decline in physical function over 5 years in the health, aging and body composition study

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 265-270

  Mehta, Kala M ^a,g   Yaffe, Kristine ^a,b   Brenes, Gretchen A ^c   Newman, Anne B ^d   Shorr, Ronald I ^e   Simonsick, Eleanor M ^f   Ayonayon, Hilsa N ^b   Rubin, Susan M ^b   Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^f NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^g NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Anxiety symptoms; Depressive symptoms; Functional decline

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; HYPNOTIC SEDATIVE AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BODY COMPOSITION; CLIMBING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUSNESS; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; TENSION; WALKING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY; BODY COMPOSITION; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL CLASS;

EID: 33846629492     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01041.x     Document Type: Article

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