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Prevalence of depression in older Mexicans — a nursing home and community based study in Mexico City
Author(s)	Rodolfo E Albrecht Junghans, David V Espino
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 18, no 3, 1998
Pages	pp 11-18
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Ill health ; Drugs ; Living in the community ; Nursing homes ; Mexico.
Annotation	The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence rates of major and minor depression, and to examine the association between depression, the number of medications and number of comorbid illnesses in a sample of 193 older community-dwelling and institutionalised Mexicans living in the Mexico City area. Twenty-four percent of subjects aged 60 to 74 and 49 percent aged 75 and older were depressed using DSM-IIIR criteria. As in the United States (US), increased medication usage and comorbid conditions were associated with depression, with depressed subjects showing increased use of medications and increased number of comorbid conditions. The results suggest that the prevalence of depression may be similar to that in the United States (US). However, Mexicans over the age of 75 may be more at risk for depression than those of the same age in the US.
Accession Number	CPA-980423407 A
Classmark	ENR: CH: LLD: K4: LHB: 7TY
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