Anxiety after a fall in elderly subjects and subsequent risk of developing post traumatic stress disorder at two months. A pilot study

Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 303-306

  Bloch, Frédéric ^a,b   Blandin, M ^a   Ranerison, R ^a   Claessens, Y E ^c   Rigaud, A S ^a,b   Kemoun, G ^d  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DESCARTES   (France)

^c Centre Hospitalier Princesse Grace   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Elderly; Geriatric psychiatry; PTSD

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMERGENCY WARD; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERY ELDERLY; BODY POSTURE; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; PILOT STUDY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; REHABILITATION; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; TIME;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANXIETY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; PILOT PROJECTS; POSTURE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REHABILITATION; RISK; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84899110116     PISSN: 12797707     EISSN: 17604788     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12603-013-0415-y     Document Type: Article

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