Personality and physician-assessed illness burden in older primary care patients over 4 years

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 737-746

  Chapman, Benjamin P ^a   Roberts, Brent ^b   Lyness, Jeff ^a   Duberstein, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Medical illness; Older persons; Personality traits; Primary care

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEPRESSION; DRUG ABUSE; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MORBIDITY; NEUROSIS; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RATING SCALE; SMOKING;

COHORT STUDY; MEDICAL ILLNESS; OLDER PERSONS; PERSONALITY TRAITS; PRIMARY CARE;

AGED; AGING; COST OF ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PERSONALITY; PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84884675627     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.11.013     Document Type: Article

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