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The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey.

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Fredman, L; Schoenbach, VJ; Kaplan, BH; Blazer, DG; James, SA; Kleinbaum, DG; Yankaskas, B
Published in: J Gerontol
July 1989

The association between depression and two-year mortality risk was assessed in 1,606 elderly community participants in the 1982-83 Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey. Two depression measures were formed from the Diagnostic Interview Schedule (DIS) depressive symptom items. Neither measure was associated with mortality in univariate or multiple logistic regression analyses. The adjusted relative risk of mortality comparing the lowest to highest levels of a three-level depression variable was 0.9 (95% confidence interval = 0.5-1.4). Similar results were obtained with other versions of the depression variables, with each depressive symptom category, and within sex, chronic disease, widowhood status, and age groups. These results indicate that depression does not increase mortality in elderly adults, but the short follow-up, sample characteristics, and operationalization of depression may have affected this association.

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J Gerontol

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0022-1422

Publication Date

July 1989

Volume

44

Issue

4

Start / End Page

S149 / S156

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Single Person
  • Sex Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Regression Analysis
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • North Carolina
  • Mortality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
 

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Fredman, L., Schoenbach, V. J., Kaplan, B. H., Blazer, D. G., James, S. A., Kleinbaum, D. G., & Yankaskas, B. (1989). The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey. J Gerontol, 44(4), S149–S156. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/44.4.s149
Fredman, L., V. J. Schoenbach, B. H. Kaplan, D. G. Blazer, S. A. James, D. G. Kleinbaum, and B. Yankaskas. “The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey.J Gerontol 44, no. 4 (July 1989): S149–56. https://doi.org/10.1093/geronj/44.4.s149.
Fredman L, Schoenbach VJ, Kaplan BH, Blazer DG, James SA, Kleinbaum DG, et al. The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey. J Gerontol. 1989 Jul;44(4):S149–56.
Fredman, L., et al. “The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey.J Gerontol, vol. 44, no. 4, July 1989, pp. S149–56. Pubmed, doi:10.1093/geronj/44.4.s149.
Fredman L, Schoenbach VJ, Kaplan BH, Blazer DG, James SA, Kleinbaum DG, Yankaskas B. The association between depressive symptoms and mortality among older participants in the Epidemiologic Catchment Area-Piedmont Health Survey. J Gerontol. 1989 Jul;44(4):S149–S156.

Published In

J Gerontol

DOI

ISSN

0022-1422

Publication Date

July 1989

Volume

44

Issue

4

Start / End Page

S149 / S156

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Single Person
  • Sex Factors
  • Risk Factors
  • Regression Analysis
  • Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
  • North Carolina
  • Mortality
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans