Relationship between changes in depressive symptoms and unhealthy lifestyles in late middle aged and older persons: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study Amsterdam
Author(s) -
Coen H. van Gool,
Gertrudis I. J. M. Kempen,
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,
Dorly J. H. Deeg,
Aartjan T.F. Beekman,
J. Th. M. van Eijk
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/32.1.81
Subject(s) - medicine , depression (economics) , confidence interval , mood , odds ratio , demography , confounding , population , gerontology , sedentary lifestyle , logistic regression , obesity , psychiatry , environmental health , sociology , economics , macroeconomics
depressed mood is common in late life, more prevalent among the chronically diseased than in the general population, and has various health-related consequences. So far, the association between depression and unhealthy lifestyles among chronically diseased has not been examined longitudinally in older persons.
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