Depression, hypertension, and comorbidity: Disentangling their specific effect on disability and cognitive impairment in older subjects

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 253-257

  Scuteri, Angelo ^a   Spazzafumo, Liana ^a   Cipriani, Luca ^a   Gianni, Walter ^a   Corsonello, Andrea ^a   Cravello, Luca ^b   Repetto, Lazzaro ^a   Bustacchini, Silvia ^a   Lattanzio, Fabrizia ^a   Sebastiani, Maurizio ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b IRCCS FONDAZIONE SANTA LUCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cognitive impairment; Comorbidity; Depression in the elderly; Disability in the elderly; Hypertension

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ATTRIBUTABLE RISK; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CUMULATIVE ILLNESS RATING SCALE; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSTRUMENTAL ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION DISORDERS; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79953086057     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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