Depressive symptoms and quality of life in elderly patients with exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease or cardiac heart failure: Preliminary data of a randomized controlled trial

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 44, Issue SUPPL., 2007, Pages 7-12

  Aimonino, N ^a   Tibaldi, V ^a   Barale, S ^a   Bardelli, B ^a   Pilon, S ^a   Marchetto, C ^a   Zanocchi, M ^a   Molaschi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD); Congestive heart failure (CHF); Frail elderly; General medical ward; Hospital at home

Indexed keywords

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; AGED; ARTICLE; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COGNITION; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EMERGENCY WARD; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC HOSPITAL; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE; PREVALENCE; PULMONARY DISEASE, CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 33847032155     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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