Open AccessRelation between depressed mood, somatic comorbidities and health service utilisation in older adults: results from the KORA-Age study
Author(s) -
María Elena Lacruz,
Rebecca T. Emeny,
Sibylle Haefner,
Anja Kerstin Zimmermann,
Birgit Linkohr,
Rolf Holle,
KarlHeinz Ladwig
Publication year - 2011
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/afr162
Subject(s) - medicine , mood , comorbidity , depression (economics) , psychiatry , population , depressed mood , affect (linguistics) , psychology , environmental health , economics , macroeconomics , communication
prior literature suggests that comorbidity with depression significantly worsens the health state of people with chronic diseases.
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