Apathy and cognitive and functional decline in community-dwelling older adults: Results from the Baltimore ECA longitudinal study

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 819-829

  Clarke, Diana E ^a,b   Ko, Jean Y ^a   Lyketsos, Constantine ^c   Rebok, George W ^a   Eaton, William W ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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

Author keywords

apathy correlates; Basic and Instrumental Activities of Daily Living; MMSE

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; APATHY; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; GENERAL HEALTH QUESTIONNAIRE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL FUNCTION; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; RACE; RISK; STUDENT T TEST; UNITED STATES; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMPLICATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BALTIMORE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COGNITION DISORDERS; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 77957333235     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610209991402     Document Type: Article

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