A risk table to assist health practitioners assess and prevent the onset of depression in later life

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 878-882

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c   Hankey, Graeme J ^c,d   Yeap, Bu B ^d,e   Golledge, Jonathan ^f   McCaul, Kieran ^b   Flicker, Leon ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e FREMANTLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Ageing; Depression; Elderly; Lifestyle; Men; Mood disorders; Prevention; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MEDICAL HISTORY; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SELF REPORT; SMOKING; UNDERWEIGHT;

AGEING; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY; LIFESTYLE; MEN; MOOD DISORDERS; PREVENTION; RISK FACTORS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BODY MASS INDEX; DECISION SUPPORT TECHNIQUES; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; PROBABILITY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84887820076     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.09.021     Document Type: Article

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