Association between subjective memory complaints and mental health well-being in urban community-dwelling elderly in Japan

Geriatrics and Gerontology International

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 234-235

  Ito, Kae ^a,b   Inagaki, Hiroki ^a   Sugiyama, Mika ^a   Okamura, Tsuyoshi ^a   Shimokado, Kentaro ^b   Awata, Shuichi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMMUNITY CARE; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DAYTIME SOMNOLENCE; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ELDERLY CARE; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MEMORY DISORDER; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL BEING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SUBJECTIVE MEMORY COMPLAINT; URBAN POPULATION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; JAPAN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MENTAL HEALTH; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WAKEFULNESS;

EID: 84871973280     PISSN: 14441586     EISSN: 14470594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1447-0594.2012.00883.x     Document Type: Letter

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