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Predictors of depressive symptoms in older people
— a survey of two general practice populations | | Author(s) | Tess Harris, Derek G Cook, Christina Victor |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 32, no 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 510-518 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Physical disabilities ; Economic status [elderly] ; Health [elderly] ; General practice ; Comparison ; Wandsworth ; Sutton. |
| Annotation | Cross-sectional studies have shown strong associations between disability, social support and depressive symptoms in older people; but socio-economic effects are less clear and little is known about the health locus of control. In a postal survey of 2,276 patients aged 65+ from two London practices, 1602 responded (70.4%) and provided Geriatric Depression Score 15 (GDS-15) data, with 23.5% (381/1602) scoring >5. After adjusting for age, sex and practice, high depression scores were associated with: physical health and disability (e.g. severe versus no disability); social support (e.g. dissatisfaction with support); socio-economic (e.g. no occupational pension); and health locus of control (e.g. internality). After adjusting for disability, association with general measures of physical health were reduced but still significant, while associations with social support, socio-economic factors, and health locus of control were unaffected. All four groups of factors were included in a final model for predicting depressive symptoms. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031022204 A |
| Classmark | ENR: BN: F:W: CC: L5: 48: 82LX: 82LU |
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