Age and sex differences in prevalence and clinical correlates of depression: First results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing

International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry

Volumn 28, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1280-1287

  Regan, Claire O ^a   Kearney, Patricia M ^b   Savva, George M ^a   Cronin, Hilary ^a   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

ageing; correlates; depression; physical illness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITION; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DEPRESSION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG USE; FEMALE; HIP FRACTURE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOPOROSIS; PARKINSON DISEASE; PEPTIC ULCER; PHYSICAL DISEASE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; URINE INCONTINENCE;

AGEING; CORRELATES; DEPRESSION; PHYSICAL ILLNESS;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRELAND; LOGISTIC MODELS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84887259459     PISSN: 08856230     EISSN: 10991166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gps.3955     Document Type: Article

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