Impact of loneliness and depression on mortality: Results from the longitudinal ageing study Amsterdam

British Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 209, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 127-134

  Holwerda, Tjalling J ^a   Van Tilburg, Theo G ^a   Deeg, Dorly J H ^a   Schutter, Natasja ^b   Dekker, Jack ^b   Stek, Max L ^c   Beekman, Aartjan T F ^a   Schoevers, Robert A ^d   Rien, Van ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Department of Psychiatry   (Netherlands)

^c ARKIN Institute of Mental Health Care ^*  (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLINICAL STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; JOINT; LONELINESS; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; AGED; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; VERY ELDERLY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LONELINESS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS;

EID: 84980367306     PISSN: 00071250     EISSN: 14721465     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.115.168005     Document Type: Article

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