Psychological distress as a key component of psychosocial functioning in community-dwelling older people

Aging and Mental Health

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 199-207

  Schnittger, Rebecca I B ^a,b   Walsh, Cathal D ^b   Casey, Anne Marie ^a,b   Wherton, Joseph P ^a,b   McHugh, Joanna E ^a,b   Lawlor, Brian A ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

general sleep problems; mental health assessments; physical health status; social support

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SLEEP DISORDER; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STATISTICS;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; SLEEP DISORDERS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 84855937988     PISSN: 13607863     EISSN: 13646915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13607863.2011.604024     Document Type: Article

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