Subjective memory complaints in the elderly: Prevalence and influence of temporal orientation, depression and quality of life in a population-based study in the city of Madrid

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-96

  Montejo, Pedro ^a   Montenegro, Mercedes ^a   Fernández, Miguel A ^a   Maestú, Fernando ^b  

^a Madrid City Council   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

ageing; depression; quality of life; subjective memory complaints; temporal orientation

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; ORIENTATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; ORIENTATION; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SPAIN;

EID: 79251628367     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2010.501062     Document Type: Article

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