Health-related quality of life in a population-based sample of men with long-term mental symptoms

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-112

  Saharinen, Tarja ^a   Hintikka, Jukka ^a,b,c   Niskanen, Leo ^a   Kylma, Jari ^d   Honkalampi, Kirsi ^a   Nikkonen, Merja ^d   Haatainen, Kaisa ^a   Koivumaa Honkanen, Heli ^a,e   Viinamaki, Heimo ^a  

^a KUOPIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b PÄIJÄT HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

HRQL; Men; Mental; Physical; Population based; Symptoms

Indexed keywords

HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TESTOSTERONE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ADULT; AGING; ALEXITHYMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HOPELESSNESS; HUMAN; LIFE SATISFACTION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SHORT FORM 36; SOCIOECONOMICS; STRUCTURED CLINICAL INTERVIEW FOR DSM DISORDERS; SUICIDAL IDEATION; TESTOSTERONE BLOOD LEVEL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOLISM; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOMATOFORM DISORDERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 46749156933     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: 15024725     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480801962921     Document Type: Article

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