Depression and anxiety in palliative care inpatients compared with those receiving palliative care at home

Palliative and Supportive Care

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 393-400

  Austin, Patricia ^a   Wiley, Sharon ^a   Mcevoy, Peter M ^b,c   Archer, Leigh ^a  

^a ST VINCENT S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b Centre for Clinical Interventions   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Depression; Home based care; Inpatients; Palliative care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE; STATISTICS;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANXIETY DISORDERS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; INPATIENTS; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MALE; PALLIATIVE CARE; PREVALENCE; SICKNESS IMPACT PROFILE;

EID: 82055168915     PISSN: 14789515     EISSN: 14789523     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1478951511000411     Document Type: Article

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