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Depression and frailty in later life
— a synthetic review | | Author(s) | Briana Mezuk, Lauren Edwards, Matt Lohman, Moon Choi, Kate Lapane |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 27, no 9, September 2012 |
| Pages | pp 879-892 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com/journal/gps |
| Keywords | Depression ; Ill health ; Ageing process ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Frailty is defined as a state or indication of being vulnerable to declining health in later life. Depression in later life is predictive of many of the same kinds of outcomes as frailty, including cognitive impairment, disability, fracture, and mortality. The aim of this review was to explore the conceptual and empirical interrelationships between depression and frailty among older adults. A literature search was conducted using PubMed for publications through to 2010. Reviewers assessed the eligibility of each report and abstracted information on study design, sample characteristics, and key findings. Of these abstracted articles, 39 met the inclusion criteria. The findings from both cross-sectional and cohort studies indicated that frailty, its components and functional impairment are risk factors for depression. Although cross-sectional studies indicated a positive association between depression and frailty, findings from cohort studies were less consistent. The majority of studies included only women and non-Hispanic Whites. None used diagnostic measures of depression or considered antidepressant use in the design or analysis of the studies. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-120914011 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CH: BG: 64A |
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