Depression, Frailty, and All-Cause Mortality: A Cohort Study of Men Older than 75 Years

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 296-300

  Almeida, Osvaldo P ^a,b,c   Hankey, Graeme J ^d,e   Yeap, Bu B ^e,f   Golledge, Jonathan ^g,h   Norman, Paul E ^a   Flicker, Leon ^b,c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Centre for Medical Research   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^e SIR CHARLES GAIRDNER HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^f FIONA STANLEY HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^g JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^h TOWNSVILLE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cohort study; Depression; Elderly; Frailty; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; AUSTRALIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PROCEDURES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSYCHOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISEASE PROGRESSION; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84934441559     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2014.10.023     Document Type: Article

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