Geriatric dyspnea: Doing worse, feeling better

Ageing Research Reviews

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 94-99

  Petersen, Sibylle ^a   Von Leupoldt, Andreas ^a   Van den Bergh, Omer ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age; Aging; Breathlessness; Dyspnea; Emotion regulation; Interoception

Indexed keywords

AGING; BREATHING; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONALITY; GERIATRIC DISORDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HABITUATION; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LUNG FUNCTION; MOTIVATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL CHANGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; AGED; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; EMOTION; PATHOLOGY; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGY;

AGED; AGING; DYSPNEA; EMOTIONS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84922230336     PISSN: 15681637     EISSN: 18729649     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.arr.2014.03.001     Document Type: Review

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