TY - JOUR
T1 - Hierarchy of characteristics associated with depressive symptoms in an urban elderly sample
AU - Kennedy, G. J.
AU - Kelman, H. R.
AU - Thomas, C.
AU - Wisniewski, W.
AU - Metz, H.
AU - Bijur, P. E.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - In contrast to the uncertainty about the prevalence and importance of late-life depressive disorders, a consistent pattern of risk factors for depressive symptoms has been shown by studies using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). The authors surveyed a representative sample of 2,137 elderly community residents with the CES-D and found a hierarchy of characteristics associated with substantial levels of depressive symptoms: illness, disability, isolation, bereavement, and poverty. If these findings are confirmed by prospective studies, addressing modifiable factors in the emergence, persistence, and remission of depressive symptoms might extend the independent survival of older adults.
AB - In contrast to the uncertainty about the prevalence and importance of late-life depressive disorders, a consistent pattern of risk factors for depressive symptoms has been shown by studies using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D). The authors surveyed a representative sample of 2,137 elderly community residents with the CES-D and found a hierarchy of characteristics associated with substantial levels of depressive symptoms: illness, disability, isolation, bereavement, and poverty. If these findings are confirmed by prospective studies, addressing modifiable factors in the emergence, persistence, and remission of depressive symptoms might extend the independent survival of older adults.
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U2 - 10.1176/ajp.146.2.220
DO - 10.1176/ajp.146.2.220
M3 - Article
C2 - 2912263
AN - SCOPUS:0024500453
SN - 0002-953X
VL - 146
SP - 220
EP - 225
JO - American Journal of Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Psychiatry
IS - 2
ER -