A 12 months follow-up study of depression among nursing-home patients in Norway

Journal of Affective Disorders

Volumn 120, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 141-148

  Barca, Maria Lage ^a,b,c   Engedal, Knut ^a,b,d   Laks, Jerson ^c   Selbaek, Geir ^a,b,d  

^a Department of Geriatric Medicine   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^d INNLANDET HOSPITAL TRUST   (Norway)

Author keywords

Dementia; Depression; Mortality; Nursing homes; Prognosis; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANXIOLYTIC AGENT; CITALOPRAM; ESCITALOPRAM; HYPNOTIC AGENT; MIANSERIN; NEUROLEPTIC AGENT; PSYCHOTROPIC AGENT;

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL FUNCTION; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NEOPLASM; NORWAY; NURSING HOME; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; TREATMENT DURATION; HOSPITALIZATION; MAJOR DEPRESSION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RESIDENTIAL CARE; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NORWAY; NURSING HOMES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 71649104519     PISSN: 01650327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2009.04.028     Document Type: Article

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