Influence of social network characteristics on cognition and functional status with aging

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 23, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 972-978

  Green, Ariel Frank ^a   Rebok, George ^b   Lyketsos, Constantine G ^a,c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Cognitive function; Cognitive impairment; Instrumental activities of daily living; Social networks

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; HUMAN; LAWTON INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING SCALE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL CAPACITY; MENTAL DETERIORATION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PSYCHOSOCIAL CARE; SELF REPORT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL ISOLATION; SOCIAL NETWORK; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED STATES; WORD RECOGNITION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; ADULT; AGED; AGING; BALTIMORE; COGNITION DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 52649126303     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2023     Document Type: Article

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