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Symptoms of depression in the oldest old — a longitudinal study
Author(s)	Dee A Haynie, Stig Berg, Boo Johansson
Journal title	Journals of Gerontology: Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, vol 56B, no 2, March 2001
Pages	pp P111-P118
Keywords	Depression ; Symptoms ; Twins ; Longitudinal surveys ; Sweden.
Annotation	One member of each of the 351 twin pairs aged 80+ from the Swedish Twin Study was assessed with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) at three time points over 4 years. Depressive symptoms were initially relatively low and decreased significantly between Waves 1 and 2, but had increased slightly by Wave 3. Participants who had been diagnosed with dementia at some point in the study did not differ significantly on initial CES-D score when compared to those without such diagnosis. Lack of well-being, as opposed to negative affect, was the biggest contributor to overall depression score at each point in the study. Predictors of negative affect included activities of daily living (ADLs), subjective health, and performance on the cognitive test, block design. None of these predictors were significant for lack of well-being. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010418208 A
Classmark	ENR: CT: SVR: 3J: 76P
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