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The impact of age, gender and race on the relationship between depression and self-rated health in community-dwelling older adults — a longitudinal study
Author(s)	Beth Han
Journal title	Home Health Care Services Quarterly, vol 20, no 3, 2001
Pages	pp 27-44
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Health [elderly] ; Living in the community ; Ethnic groups ; Cross sectional surveys ; Longitudinal surveys ; United States of America.
Annotation	A 2-year prospective cohort study examines whether the prediction of baseline depression for subsequent changes in self-rated health is consistent across different age cohorts, gender and racial groups. 6714 participants aged 65+ took part in both the first and the second wave of Assets and Health Dynamics among the oldest-old (AHEAD) US national survey of community-dwelling older adults. The main finding showed that baseline depression was an independent risk factor, which not only decreased the odds of having substantial improvement in self-rated health, but also increased the possibility of having substantial decline in self-rated health in older men and women in all age and racial groups. Early prevention and treatment of depression is recommended. (KJ/RH).
Accession Number	CPA-020802214 A
Classmark	ENR: CC: K4: TK: 3KB: 3J: 7T
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