Dysphoria and anhedonia as risk factors for disability or death in older persons: Implications for the assessment of Geriatric depression

American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 606-613

  Covinsky, Kenneth E ^a,b   Cenzer, Irena Stijacic ^a,b   Yaffe, Kristine ^b   O'Brien, Sarah ^a,b   Blazer, Dan G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Activities of daily living; Anhedonia; Depression; Health status; Quality of life

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANHEDONIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT TOOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; DEATH; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY; DISABILITY RISK INDEX; DYSPHORIA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RISK FACTOR; SHORT FORM COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW; VALIDATION PROCESS; AGE; COMPLICATION; DISABLED PERSON; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANHEDONIA; DEPRESSION; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84901622100     PISSN: 10647481     EISSN: 15457214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jagp.2012.12.001     Document Type: Article

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