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| A pilot study of sibling resemblance in later life | | Author(s) | Nigel Tunstall, Martin Prince, Anthony Mann |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 15, no 2, February 2000 |
| Pages | pp 125-129 |
| Keywords | Siblings ; Living in the community ; Depression ; Dementia ; Mental health [elderly] ; Pilot ; Camden. |
| Annotation | Behavioural genetic studies of later life are strictly limited. The authors carried out a community-based pilot study of sibling resemblance with the primary aims of establishing feasibility of such work in this population and estimating genetic influence on depression and its risk factors. Interviews were conducted with 32 surviving siblings from 25 families interviewed in previous phases of the Gospel Oak survey. Scales relevant to identification of late life depression and its risk factors were used. The range of difficulties in carrying out the study are discussed. The study is the first of its kind to examine familial resemblance for common disorders of old age. Establishing ways of engaging older family members with research will be a challenge that future research will need to meet. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000502008 A |
| Classmark | SV: K4: ENR: EA: D: 4UC: 82L8 |
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