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Depression in older people after fall-related injuries — a prospective study
Author(s)	Winnie Scaf-Klomp, Robbert Sanderman, Johan Ormel,
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 32, no 1, January 2003
Pages	pp 88-94
Keywords	Depression ; Falls ; Injuries ; Longitudinal surveys ; Netherlands.
Annotation	159 participants in the Groningen Longitudinal Ageing Study (GLAS) who had sustained various kinds of fall-related injuries to limbs were assessed post-injury at 8 weeks, 5 months and 1 year. Pre- and post-injury levels of depression were compared using Student's t-test and effect size indices. Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to examine the contribution of change in physical functioning between baseline and 1 year post-injury to depression 1 year post-injury. Severity of injury was not associated with depression. The findings also suggest that recovery appears to plateau 5 months after the injury, but that levels of depression did not increase until 5 months post-injury. Depressive reactions did not occur as long as patients experience improvement of physical functions. No significant differences in this respect were found between hip fracture patients and patients with other injuries. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030218207 A
Classmark	ENR: OLF: CU: 3J: 76H
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