Depressive Symptomatology and Incident Cognitive Decline in an Elderly Community Sample
Author(s) -
Shari S. Bassuk,
Lisa Berkman,
David Wypij
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
archives of general psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1538-3636
pISSN - 0003-990X
DOI - 10.1001/archpsyc.55.12.1073
Subject(s) - cognitive decline , depression (economics) , population , medicine , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , odds ratio , demography , confidence interval , cohort , gerontology , cognition , psychology , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , dementia , disease , environmental health , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
It is not known whether depression is a cause or consequence of progressive cognitive decline. We assessed the relationship between depressive symptoms and subsequent cognitive decline in the community-dwelling elderly population.
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