Latent subtypes of depression in a community sample of older adults: Can depression clusters predict future depression trajectories?

Journal of Psychiatric Research

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1288-1297

  Hybels, Celia F ^a   Landerman, Lawrence R ^b   Blazer, Dan G ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Depression; Latent class analysis; Symptoms; Trajectories

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CENTER FOR EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES DEPRESSION SCALE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY SAMPLE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LATE LIFE DEPRESSION; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL MODEL; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

DEPRESSION; LATENT CLASS ANALYSIS; SYMPTOMS; TRAJECTORIES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84881548836     PISSN: 00223956     EISSN: 18791379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpsychires.2013.05.033     Document Type: Article

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