Incidence and predictors of depression in non-demented primary care attenders aged 75 years and older: Results from a 3-year follow-up study

Age and Ageing

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 173-180

  Weyerer, Siegfried ^a   Eifflaender Gorfer, Sandra ^a   Wiese, Birgitt ^b   Luppa, Melanie ^c   Pentzek, Michael ^d   Bickel, Horst ^e   Bachmann, Cadja ^f   Scherer, Martin ^f   Maier, Wolfgang ^g   Riedel Heller, Steffi G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^d HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Incident depression; Older people; Predictors; Prospective longitudinal study

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERIATRIC DEPRESSION SCALE; GERMANY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEMORY DISORDER; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING HABIT; URBAN AREA; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT; WALKING DIFFICULTY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MEMORY DISORDERS; MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT; MOBILITY LIMITATION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; TIME FACTORS; VISION DISORDERS;

EID: 84874523592     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: 14682834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afs184     Document Type: Article

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