Predictors of anxiety in centenarians: Health, economic factors, and loneliness

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 1167-1176

  Ribeiro, Oscar ^a   Teixeira, Laetitia ^a   Araújo, Lia ^a   Afonso, Rosa Marina ^b   Pachana, Nancy ^c   Oude Voshaar, Richard C ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BEIRA INTERIOR   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^d University of Porto and University of Beira Interior ^*

Author keywords

Centenarians; Health; Income inadequacy; Late life anxiety; Loneliness

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANXIETY; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FINANCIAL DEFICIT; GENDER; GERIATRIC ANXIETY INVENTORY SHORT FORM; HUMAN; INCOME; LONELINESS; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PORTUGAL; PORTUGUESE (CITIZEN); PSYCHOMETRY; SELF CONCEPT; VERY ELDERLY; AGING; COMPLICATION; DEPRESSION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; PROGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84931839331     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610214001628     Document Type: Article

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