Association between the prevalence of depression and age in a large representative German sample of people aged 53 to 80years

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 375-381

  Wild, Beate ^a   Herzog, Wolfgang ^a   Schellberg, Dieter ^a   Lechner, Sabine ^a   Niehoff, Doro ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^b   Rothenbacher, Dietrich ^b   Stegmaier, Christa ^c   Raum, Elke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c Epidemiological Cancer Registry of Saarland   (Germany)

Author keywords

age; depression; elderly; prevalence

Indexed keywords

15 ITEM GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84856159519     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.2728     Document Type: Article

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