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Anxiety and depression scores in elderly fallers

✍ Scribed by Norman J. Vetter; Diane Ford

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
Year: 1989
Tongue: English
Weight: 332 KB
Volume: 4
Category: Article
ISSN: 0885-6230
DOI: 10.1002/gps.930040307

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✦ Synopsis

In the present study 674 over-70s, living at home, were interviewed in order to ascertain their annual prevalence of falls, their general physical state, their use of medications and their degree of neuroticism, based on standard scores. Frequent falls were related to physical state and medicine usage and anxiety and depression scores. The article shows that fallsper se have a relationship with the mental state of elderly people but that the major part of that relationship is mediated through other variables.

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