The Longitudinal Relationship Between the Use of Long-Term Care and Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults
Author(s) -
Anne Margriet Pot,
Dorly J. H. Deeg,
J. W. R. Twisk,
Aartjan T.F. Beekman,
Steven H. Zarit
Publication year - 2005
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/45.3.359
Subject(s) - depressive symptoms , term (time) , long term care , longitudinal study , gerontology , psychology , depression (economics) , longitudinal data , medicine , developmental psychology , clinical psychology , psychiatry , demography , cognition , sociology , physics , quantum mechanics , macroeconomics , pathology , economics
The aim of this study was to estimate the longitudinal relationship between transitions in the use of long-term care and older adults' depressive symptoms and to investigate whether this relationship could be explained by markers of older adults' underlying health, or other variables including demographics, personality, and partner status.
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