Change in depressive status and mortality in elderly persons: Results of a national longitudinal study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 244-249

  Teng, Po Ren ^a,b   Yeh, Chih Jung ^a   Lee, Meng Chih ^a,c   Lin, Hui Sheng ^a   Lai, Te Jen ^a,d  

^a CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG BING SHOW CHWAN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c TAICHUNG HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Change in depressive status; Cohort study; Elderly; Gender differences; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CHRONIC DISEASE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HAZARD RATIO; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; TAIWAN;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84869496645     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.006     Document Type: Article

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