Multimorbidity is associated with anxiety in older adults in the Health and Retirement Study

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1105-1115

  Gould, Christine E ^a,b   O'Hara, Ruth ^b,c,d   Goldstein, Mary K ^a,e   Beaudreau, Sherry A ^b,c,d  

^a VA PALO ALTO HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

anxiety; chronic conditions; comorbidity; depression; multimorbidity; older adults

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMERICAN; ANXIETY; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; BECK ANXIETY INVENTORY; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LUNG DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MORBIDITY; MULTIMORBIDITY; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VERY ELDERLY;

EID: 84987899155     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.4532     Document Type: Article

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