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Factors associated with depression in a representative sample of 14217 people aged 75 and over in the United Kingdom — results from the MRC trial of assessment and management of older people in the community
Author(s)	David P J Osborn, Astrid E Fletcher, Liam Smeeth
Journal title	International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 18, no 7, July 2003
Pages	pp 623-630
Keywords	Depression ; Living in the community ; Cross sectional surveys.
Annotation	Several social, demographic and physical factors have been shown to be associated with depression in later life. The MRC Trial of the Assessment and Management of Older People in the Community is a cluster randomised trial investigating different approaches to multidimensional screening for people aged 75+. Screening using the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) suggest that, in contrast to some previous reports, increasing age was associated with increased risk from depression, but sex, living alone and alcohol were not associated. Social isolation was more important than living alone per se. The importance of these results overall lies in the large size and representative nature of the sample. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030818201 A
Classmark	ENR: K4: 3KB
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