Survival in the community of the very old depressed, discharged from medical inpatient care

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 974-979

  Wilson, Kenneth C M ^a   Mottram, Patricia ^b   Hussain, Maryyum ^b  

^a St Catherine's Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CHESHIRE AND WIRRAL PARTNERSHIP NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Depression prevalence; Medical inpatient care; Mortality; Re admission; Very old

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FORCED EXPIRATORY VOLUME; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PAIN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SOCIAL INTERACTION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ACUTE DISEASE; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; PATIENT READMISSION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 35448951352     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.1773     Document Type: Article

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