Trajectory classes of depressive symptoms in a community sample of older adults

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 125, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 492-501

  Kuchibhatla, M N ^a,b   Fillenbaum, G G ^a,c   Hybels, C F ^a,b   Blazer, D G ^a,b  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DURHAM VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Community sample; Depressive symptomatology; Elderly; Longitudinal; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEPRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84860833866     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: 16000447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0447.2011.01801.x     Document Type: Article

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