Anxiety disorders and its risk factors among the Sichuan empty-nest older adults: A cross-sectional study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 298-302

  Wang, Ziqi ^a,b   Shu, Defen ^a   Dong, Birong ^a   Luo, Li ^a   Hao, Qiukui ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHENGDU FIFTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Anxiety; China; Empty nest; Older adults; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CHINA; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HUMAN; INCOME; LONELINESS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SELF-RATING ANXIETY SCALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; UCLA LONELINESS SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CHINA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

UCLA;

EID: 84872500803     PISSN: 01674943     EISSN: 18726976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.archger.2012.08.016     Document Type: Article

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