Open AccessThe impact of depressive symptomatology on physical disability: MacArthur Studies of Successful Aging.
Author(s) -
Martha L. Bruce,
Teresa E. Seeman,
Susan S. Merrill,
Dan G. Blazer
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.84.11.1796
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , checklist , physical disability , gerontology , quality of life (healthcare) , medicine , activities of daily living , logistic regression , cohort , cohort study , cognitive skill , psychology , cognition , clinical psychology , psychiatry , nursing , pathology , economics , cognitive psychology , macroeconomics
The purpose of these analyses was to test the hypothesis that depressive symptomatology affects the risk of onset of physical disability in high-functioning elderly adults.