Open Access
Medicine (United States), volume 95, issue 31, pages e4111
Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults
ROSS WILKIE
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,
Carolyn A. Chew-Graham
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,
John McBeth
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Division of Population Health, Health Services Research & Primary Care (L5)
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Division of Musculoskeletal & Dermatological Sciences (L5)
Publication type: Journal Article
Publication date: 2016-08-10
Journal:
Medicine (United States)
scimago Q3
SJR: 0.441
CiteScore: 2.8
Impact factor: 1.3
ISSN: 00257974, 15365964
General Medicine
Abstract
AbstractIn older adults, reduced social participation increases the risk of poor health-related quality of life, increased levels of inflammatory markers and cardiovascular disease, and increased mortality. Older adults frequently present to primary care, which offers the potential to deliver interv
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