Depressive symptoms are associated with hospitalization, but not with mortality in the elderly: A population-based study

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 14, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 955-961

  Laudisio, Alice ^a   Marzetti, Emanuele ^b   Pagano, Francesco ^a   Pozzi, Gino ^a   Bernabei, Roberto ^a   Zuccalà, Giuseppe ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

depression; epidemiology; older population

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ATTITUDE TO DEATH; COMORBIDITY; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 78349275239     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501058     Document Type: Article

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