Toward a Threshold for Subthreshold Depression
Author(s) -
Celia F. Hybels,
Dan G. Blazer,
Carl F. Pieper
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/41.3.357
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , logistic regression , medicine , subthreshold conduction , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , geriatric depression scale , psychiatry , gerontology , ordered logit , depressive symptoms , demography , cognition , physics , transistor , quantum mechanics , voltage , machine learning , sociology , computer science , economics , macroeconomics
The prevalence of depressive symptoms in elderly adults is high, yet the criteria to identify clinically significant depression may leave many elders undiagnosed and untreated. We explored the demographic and risk factor profiles of two groups, one with more severe depression and one with less severe depression.
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