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Psychological Wellbeing Is an Independent Predictor of Falling In an 8-year Follow-up of Older Adults

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2008

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Von Sanden, Chwee Chwee
Luszcz, Mary A
Burns, Richard
Anstey, Kaarin

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Gerontological Society of America

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A population-based sample (N = 787) was followed for 8 years and assessed three times on measures of well-being (depressive symptoms, morale, and control) and fall history. Marginal models assessed the association between baseline well-being measures and

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Keywords: psychotropic agent; aged; aging; article; controlled study; demography; depression; falling; female; follow up; health; human; major clinical study; male; morality; population research; predictor variable; priority journal; psychological well being; risk Depression; Falls; Morale; Well-being

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/38147

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ANU Research Publications

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Journals of Gerontology Series B: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences

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