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Association of depressive symptoms with bone mineral density in older men
— a population-based study | | Author(s) | Alice Laudisio, Emanuele Marzetti, Alberti Cocchi |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 23, no 11, November 2008 |
| Pages | pp 1119-1126 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Older men ; Osteoporosis ; Depression ; Symptoms ; Evaluation ; Correlation ; Italy. |
| Annotation | 30% of hip fractures occur in men, whose mortality rates are significantly higher than in women. Depression is being increasingly recognised in older populations, and is associated with several adverse outcomes. A few studies suggested a possible association between depression and low bone mineral density parameters. The authors assessed the association of ultrasound-derived bone mineral density (UD-BMD) with depressive symptoms as measured by the 30-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30) and the Stiffness Index in 306 subjects aged 75+ living in Tuscany, Italy. Results indicate that depressive symptoms are associated with UD-BMD parameters in older Caucasian men, but not in women. As depression is a common feature in older populations, and because subjects with depression are infrequent users of preventive services, older men with depression should be prompted to undergo screening for osteoporosis. Conversely, assessment for depression should be performed in older men with diagnosis of osteoporosis. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-090109202 A |
| Classmark | BC: CLO: ENR: CT: 4C: 49: 76V |
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