Philadelphia geriatric morale scale in essential tremor: A population-based study in three Spanish communities

Movement Disorders

Volumn 23, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1435-1440

  Louis, Elan D ^a,b,c,e   Benito León, Julián ^d   Bermejo Pareja, Félix ^d  

^a Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain and the Gertrude H Sergievsky Center   (United States)

^b University Hospital 12 de Octubre ^*  (United States)

^c Neurological Institute ^*  (United States)

^d HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^e NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Essential tremor; Morale; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGITATION; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORALITY; PHILADELPHIA GERIATRIC CENTER MORALE SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; ARTHRITIS; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; ESSENTIAL TREMOR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MORALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SMOKING; SPAIN;

EID: 52649084900     PISSN: 08853185     EISSN: 15318257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mds.22124     Document Type: Article

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