Depressive symptoms in addition to visual impairment, reduced strength and poor balance predict falls in older Taiwanese people | Zendy

Marcella Kwan | Zendy; SangI Lin | Zendy; Jacqueline Close | Zendy; Stephen R. Lord | Zendy

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Depressive symptoms in addition to visual impairment, reduced strength and poor balance predict falls in older Taiwanese people

Author(s) -

Marcella Kwan,

SangI Lin,

Jacqueline Close,

Stephen R. Lord

Publication year - 2012

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/afs065

Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , geriatric depression scale , injury prevention , balance (ability) , poison control , psychological intervention , suicide prevention , occupational safety and health , incidence (geometry) , depressive symptoms , human factors and ergonomics , gerontology , physical therapy , psychiatry , cognition , medical emergency , physics , pathology , optics , economics , macroeconomics

o determine whether depression is an important and independent predictor of falls in community-dwelling older people living in Taiwan.

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