Open AccessDepression in older people after fall-related injuries: a prospective study
Author(s) -
W Scaf-Klomp
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/32.1.88
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , prospective cohort study , suicide prevention , falls in older adults , injury prevention , gerontology , poison control , human factors and ergonomics , occupational safety and health , psychiatry , medical emergency , physical therapy , pathology , economics , macroeconomics
objectives of the study were i) to describe changes in depression in independently living people aged 57 or older with fall-related injuries, and ii) to examine the effect of incomplete recovery of physical functions on depression one year post-injury.
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