Exploring the effect of depression on physical disability: longitudinal evidence from the established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly

This study examined the effect of depression on the incidence of physical disability and the role of confounding and explanatory variables in this relationship. A cohort of 6247 subjects 65 years and older who were initially free of disability was followed up for 6 years. Baseline depression was ass...

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Published in:	American journal of public health (1971) Vol. 89; no. 9; pp. 1346 - 1352
Main Authors:	Penninx, B W, Leveille, S, Ferrucci, L, van Eijk, J T, Guralnik, J M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	Washington, DC Am Public Health Assoc 01-09-1999 American Public Health Association
Subjects:	Activities of Daily Living Adult and adolescent clinical studies Age Distribution Age Factors Aged Aged, 80 and over Biological and medical sciences Boston - epidemiology Chronic illnesses Comorbidity Confounding (Statistics) Confounding Factors (Epidemiology) Connecticut - epidemiology Data collection Depression Depressive Disorder - complications Depressive Disorder - diagnosis Depressive Disorder - epidemiology Disability Disabled elderly people Disabled Persons - statistics & numerical data Epidemiology Exercise Factors Female Follow-Up Studies Geriatric Assessment Health behavior Humans Hypotheses Interviews Iowa - epidemiology Longitudinal studies Male Medical sciences Mental depression Mood disorders Older people Population Population Surveillance Psychiatric Status Rating Scales Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry Psychopathology. Psychiatry Public health Questionnaires Risk Factors Social Isolation Sociodemographics Socioeconomic Factors Standard deviation Iowa Connecticut Boston Human Mood disorder Physical exercise Daily living Depression Epidemiology Functional capacity Physical handicap Disability Cohort study Risk factor Complication Social aptitude Elderly Public health
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