Exploring the effect of depression on physical disability: longitudinal evidence from the established populations for epidemiologic studies of the elderly.
Author(s) -
Brenda W.J.H. Penninx,
Suzanne G. Leveille,
Luigi Ferrucci,
J T van Eijk,
Jack M. Guralnik
Publication year - 1999
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.89.9.1346
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , confounding , medicine , epidemiology , cohort study , confidence interval , activities of daily living , center for epidemiologic studies depression scale , relative risk , cohort , gerontology , physical disability , longitudinal study , incidence (geometry) , demography , physical therapy , psychiatry , depressive symptoms , anxiety , physics , pathology , sociology , optics , economics , macroeconomics
This study examined the effect of depression on the incidence of physical disability and the role of confounding and explanatory variables in this relationship.
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