Physical activity and generalized anxiety disorder: Results from The Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 47, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 1443-1453

  McDowell, Cillian P ^a   Dishman, Rodney K ^b   Vancampfort, Davy ^c,d   Hallgren, Mats ^e   Stubbs, Brendon ^f,g,h   MacDonncha, Ciaran ^a   Herring, Matthew P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c KU LEUVEN DEPARTMENT OF REHABILITATION SCIENCES   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^g Health Service and Population Research Department   (United Kingdom)

^h KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANXIETY ASSESSMENT; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGICAL STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPOSITE INTERNATIONAL DIAGNOSTIC INTERVIEW SHORT FORM; DEPRESSION; EXERCISE INTENSITY; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERNATIONAL PHYSICAL ACTIVITY QUESTIONNAIRE; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT WORRY; PENN STATE WORRY QUESTIONNAIRE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; VERY ELDERLY; WAIST CIRCUMFERENCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANXIETY DISORDER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EXERCISE; IRELAND; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE; PSYCHOLOGY; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 85053199017     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyy141     Document Type: Article

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