Vision and hearing impairments are associated with depressive-anxiety syndrome in Italian elderly

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 467-474

  Bernabei, Virginia ^a   Morini, Valentina ^a   Moretti, Francesca ^a   Marchiori, Antonella ^a   Ferrari, Barbara ^a   Dalmonte, Edoardo ^b   Ronchi, Diana De ^a   Rita Atti, Anna ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Authority of Ravenna   (Italy)

Author keywords

anxiety; depression; epidemiology; hearing impairment; vision impairment

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEARING LOSS; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; RISK; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; SYNDROME; VISUAL DISORDER;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HEARING LOSS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SYNDROME; VISION DISORDERS; VISUALLY IMPAIRED PERSONS;

EID: 79956215557     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.562483     Document Type: Article

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