Anxiety, Depression and Alexithymia in Fibromyalgia: Are There Any Differences According to Age?

Journal of Women and Aging

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 305-320

  Peñacoba Puente, Cecilia ^a   Velasco Furlong, Lilian ^a   Écija Gallardo, Carmen ^a   Cigarán Méndez, Margarita ^a   McKenney, Kathryn ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

age; alexithymia; anxiety; depression; fibromyalgia

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DEPRESSION; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADULT; AFFECTIVE SYMPTOMS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANXIETY; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FIBROMYALGIA; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84886871397     PISSN: 08952841     EISSN: 15407322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08952841.2013.816221     Document Type: Article

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