Anxiety symptoms in 74+ community-dwelling elderly: Associations with physical morbidity, depression and alcohol consumption

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages

  Forlani, Martina ^a   Morri, Monica ^a   Belvederi Murri, Martino ^b   Bernabei, Virginia ^a   Moretti, Francesca ^a   Attili, Tobias ^a   Biondini, Anna ^a   De Ronchi, Diana ^a   Atti, Anna Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL;

AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CAMBRIDGE MENTAL DISORDERS OF THE ELDERLY EXAMINATION-REVISED; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRINKING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; GENDER; GERIATRIC ANXIETY INVENTORY SHORT FORM; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL DISEASE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; SYMPTOM; VERY ELDERLY; COMPLICATION; ODDS RATIO; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; ANXIETY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84896353308     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0089859     Document Type: Article

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