Depression, antidepressants, and falls among community-dwelling elderly people: The mobilize boston study

Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences

Volumn 68, Issue 12 A, 2013, Pages 1575-1581

  Quach, Lien ^a   Yang, Frances M ^b,c   Berry, Sarah D ^b,c   Newton, Elizabeth ^d,e   Jones, Richard N ^b,c   Burr, Jeffrey A ^a   Lipsitz, Lewis A ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

^b Hebrew Seniorlife's Res Institute   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d Waypoint Building Group   (United States)

^e Newton Statistical Consulting   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Falls; Medication

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT;

AGED; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; DRUG EFFECTS; FALLING; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FALLS; MEDICATION.; METHODOLOGY; STATISTICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIDEPRESSIVE AGENTS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

DEPRESSION; FALLS; MEDICATION.;

EID: 84891613478     PISSN: 10795006     EISSN: 1758535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/gerona/glt084     Document Type: Article

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