Role of severity and gender in the association between late-life depression and all-cause mortality

International Psychogeriatrics

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 677-684

  Jeong, Hyun Ghang ^a   Lee, Jung Jae ^b   Lee, Seok Bum ^c   Park, Joon Hyuk ^d   Huh, Yoonseok ^e   Han, Ji Won ^e   Kim, Tae Hui ^e   Chin, Ho Jun ^e   Kim, Ki Woong ^e,f  

^a Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University Hospital   (South Korea)

^c Dankook University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^d Jeju National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^e Seoul National University Bundang Hospital   (South Korea)

^f Seoul National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

gender; late life depression; major depressive disorder; minor depressive disorder; mortality; subsyndromal depression

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DSM-IV; FEMALE; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; HAMILTON SCALE; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MINI MENTAL STATE EXAMINATION; MORTALITY; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEPRESSION; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KOREA; MALE; MORTALITY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84874121218     PISSN: 10416102     EISSN: 1741203X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610212002190     Document Type: Article

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