Low morale is associated with increased risk of mortality in the elderly: A population-based prospective study (NEDICES)

Age and Ageing

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 366-373

  Benito León, Julián ^a,b   Louis, Elan D ^c,d,e   Rivera Navarro, Jesús ^f   Medrano, María José ^g   Vega, Saturio ^h   Bermejo pareja, Félix ^a,b  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO 12 DE OCTUBRE   (Spain)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN BIOMÉDICA EN RED SOBRE ENFERMEDADES NEURODEGENERATIVAS CIBERNED   (Spain)

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

^d University of Salamanca ^*  (United States)

^e ISCIII ^*  (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

^g INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^h Health Center of Arévalo   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Epidemiology; Morale; Mortality; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO AGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORALITY; MORTALITY; OSTEOARTHRITIS; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLEEP TIME; SPAIN; STROKE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; MALE; MORALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SPAIN;

EID: 77951914919     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afq028     Document Type: Article

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