Health risk appraisal in older people 2: The implications for clinicians and commissioners of social isolation risk in older people

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 57, Issue 537, 2007, Pages 277-282

  Iliffe, Steve ^a   Kharicha, Kalpa ^a   Harari, Danielle ^b   Swift, Cameron ^c   Gillmann, Gerhard ^d   Stuck, Andreas E ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Depression; Elderly; Risk; Screening; Service use; Social isolation

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; DRUG USE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GENDER BIAS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEMORY DISORDER; MOOD DISORDER; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; UNITED KINGDOM; VULNERABLE POPULATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 34047238732     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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