Depression: A modifiable factor in fearful older fallers transitioning to frailty?

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 727-733

  Ní Mhaoláin, Aine M ^a   Fan, Chie Wei ^a   Romero Ortuno, Roman ^a   Cogan, Lisa ^a   Cunningham, Clodagh ^a   Lawlor, Brian ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a,b  

^a ST JAMES S HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

depression; fear of falling; frailty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; FALL RISK ASSESSMENT; FALLING; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMAN; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSONALITY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEAR; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; HUMANS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORTHERN IRELAND; ODDS RATIO; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84862212604     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2780     Document Type: Article

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