Religious attendance reduces cognitive decline among older women with high levels of depressive symptoms

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 1283-1289

  Corsentino, Elizabeth A ^a   Collins, Nicole ^a   Sachs Ericsson, Natalie ^a   Blazer, Dan G ^b  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aged; Cognitive decline; Depression; Religion

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFERENCE VALUE; REGISTER; RELIGION; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COGNITION DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LINEAR MODELS; PROBABILITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERENCE VALUES; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SPIRITUAL THERAPIES; SPIRITUALITY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 75949127641     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glp116     Document Type: Article

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