Trajectories of depressive symptoms in advanced old age

GeroPsych: The Journal of Gerontopsychology and Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 29-38

  Schilling, Oliver K ^a   Wahl, Hans Werner ^a   Reidick, Ortrun ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

advanced old age; depressive symptoms; growth mixture models; intraindividual change

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; FUNCTIONAL STATUS; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GRIP STRENGTH; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; VISUAL ACUITY;

EID: 84874732291     PISSN: 16629647     EISSN: 1662971X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1024/1662-9647/a000079     Document Type: Article

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