Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults and Risk of Dementia
Author(s) -
Allison R. Kaup,
Amy L. Byers,
Cherie Falvey,
Eleanor M. Simonsick,
Suzanne Satterfield,
Hilsa N. Ayonayon,
Stephen F. Smagula,
Susan M. Rubin,
Kristine Yaffe
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
jama psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.531
H-Index - 365
eISSN - 2168-6238
pISSN - 2168-622X
DOI - 10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2016.0004
Subject(s) - dementia , depression (economics) , geriatric depression scale , cohort , late life depression , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , prospective cohort study , medicine , gerontology , cohort study , psychology , cognitive decline , psychiatry , cognition , depressive symptoms , disease , economics , macroeconomics
Depression has been identified as a risk factor for dementia. However, most studies have measured depressive symptoms at only one time point, and older adults may show different patterns of depressive symptoms over time.
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