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Relationship between changes in depressive symptoms and unhealthy lifestyles in late middle aged and older persons
— results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam | | Author(s) | Coen H van Gool, Gertrudis I J M Kempen, Brenda W J H Penninx, |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 32, no 1, January 2003 |
| Pages | pp 81-87 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Symptoms ; Ill health ; Tobacco smoking ; Middle aged ; Age groups [elderly] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | Logistic regression analyses and multivariate analysis of variance were used to cross-sectionally and longitudinally analyse the associations between depressive symptoms and lifestyle domains for a sample of 1,280 community-dwelling people from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam (LASA). Depressed people (176 at baseline) were more likely to be smokers; and a persistent depression was associated with an increase in cigarette consumption. Having an emerging depression (n=155) was most likely to co-occur with a person's change from being physically active to being sedentary, and was associated with the largest decrease in minutes of physical activity. The effect was not modified or confounded by chronic somatic disease. A persistent depression tended to be associated with incident excessive alcohol use. Further research should clarify whether treatment of depressive symptoms can prevent the development of sedentary lifestyles. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030218206 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CT: CH: ETT: SE: BB: 3J: 76H |
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