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Functioning, well-being, and health perception in late middle-age and older people
— comparing the effects of depressive symptoms and chronic medical conditions | | Author(s) | Johan Ormel, Gertrudis I J M Kempen, Dorly J H Deeg |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 46, no 1, January 1998 |
| Pages | pp 39-48 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Chronic illness ; Well being ; Living in the community ; Care homes ; Netherlands. |
| Annotation | The aim of this study was to expand the Medical Outcomes Study (MOS) and World Health Organization (WHO) findings on the unique association of symptoms of depression with multiple domains of functioning, health perception and well-being to the late middle-aged and older populations, and to contrast this unique association to that of specific chronic medical conditions and sensory and cognitive impairment (collectively denoted as medical conditions. A total of 5,279 late middle-aged and older persons living independently or in residential homes in the Netherlands participated in the study. Results revealed that among both individuals with MCs and those without, persons with symptoms of depression did worse on all outcomes than those without. This unique contribution of depressive symptoms in dysfunction, poor health perception, and well-being exceeded that of MCs because depressive symptoms combine a moderately large unique risk with a rather high prevalence. Results highlight the importance of detection and management of co-morbid symptoms of depression in older people. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980313408 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CI: D:F:5HH: K4: KW: 76H |
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