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Anxiety and depression scores in elderly fallers
Author(s) -
Vetter Norman J.,
Ford Diane
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/gps.930040307
Subject(s) - neuroticism , depression (economics) , anxiety , psychiatry , psychology , gerontology , medicine , clinical psychology , suicide prevention , poison control , injury prevention , medical emergency , personality , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
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 falls per se have a relationship with the mental state of elderly people but that the major part of that relationship is mediated through other variables.