Understanding health anxiety among community dwelling seniors with varying degrees of frailty

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 226-237

  Bourgault Fagnou, Michelle D ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Heather D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Health anxiety; Illness Attitudes Scale; Predictors of health anxiety; Seniors

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COPING BEHAVIOR; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAIN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67949089792     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607860802380664     Document Type: Article

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