Depression and aging: a survival study on centenarians

Tafaro, Laura; Cicconetti, P.; Zannino, Gian Daniele; Tedeschi, G.; Tombolillo, M.T.; Ettore, E.; Marigliano, Vincenzo

doi:10.1016/s0167-4943(02)00132-2

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“…Data are also inadequate internationally, with the exception of centenarian studies conducted in the United States 14 and Italy. 10 Although 25% of centenarians in the U.S. study demonstrated depressive symptoms and were found to have significantly higher depression scores than younger age groups, only 12.8% of centenarians in Italy indicated depression.…”

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“…The prevalence of anxiety and depression deserves specific attention because advanced age itself is a risk factor for anxiety and depression. 9 Rates of these disorders are approximately 10 times higher among physically ill individuals who are institutionalized, 10 and depression is also exacerbated by functional impairment, 11 chronic pain, social isolation, and the loss of loved ones. 12 Given that many physical and social problems transpire with advanced age, one can logically hypothesize that centenarians are generally depressed.…”

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Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Function in a Convenience Sample of Centenarians in Australia

Richmond

Law

Kay‐Lambkin

2011

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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In this convenience sample of Australian centenarians, anxiety and depression was relatively nonexistent, and most reported a high quality of life. This was despite objective deterioration in functional status, paralleling the aging process, and high dependence on others for everyday tasks. Potentially, this is suggestive of a unique ability within the sample to adapt to aging and its limitations.

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Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Function in a Convenience Sample of Centenarians in Australia

Richmond

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Kay‐Lambkin

2011

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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“…In fact, our past studies on centenarians [28] have revealed that mood does not depend on disability per se but on its impact on the capability to keep a social role.…”

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Is It Possible to Predict One-Year Survival in Centenarians? A Neural Network Study

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Cicconetti²,

Piccirillo³

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Gerontology

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Background: Human life expectancy is constantly increasing: the challenge for modern geriatric medicine is to identify the means to reach successfully extreme longevity. Objective: To determine which are the survival determinants in centenarians using a neural network. Methods: Sample of 110 centenarians living in Rome, mean age 101.6 years (SD = 1.8) with a sex ratio males:females of 1:3. We administered an extensive health interview (lasting 1–2 h) to each subject. The questionnaire, carried out according to the Geriatric Multidimensional Assessment, is made up of 100 items including a comprehensive health and psychosocial assessment aimed at various topics of general health and well-being and some scales used in geriatric practice. We applied several three-layered feed-forward neural networks by mixing in different ways the most important of the 100 items. Results: The most predicting powered net is the one constructed with 23 variables regarding comorbidity, cardiovascular risk factors, cognitive status, mood, functional status and social interactions, which therefore are strictly related to survival in centenarians. Conclusion: Survival in longevity is a complex biological phenomenon, which is an ideal field for using the neural network as a statistic method. The net shows us that the maintenance of social relationships even in presence of disability is of major importance for survival in the oldest old.

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“…The result is often a comparable level of life satisfaction, resilience, optimism, and happiness compared to their younger counterparts (Darviri et al, 2009;Jeste et al, 2013;Scheetz, Martin, & Poon, 2012;Zeng & Vaupel, 2002). Although social support is pivotal to psychological adjustment among very old adults (Bishop, Martin, MacDonald, & Poon, 2010;Tafaro et al, 2002), centenarians tend to report less social support, including social provisions and social resources, compared to their younger counterparts (Randall, Martin, MacDonald, & Poon, 2010).…”

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Successful aging among Chinese near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong: a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach

Cheung

Lau

2015

Aging & Mental Health

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Depression and aging: a survival study on centenarians

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Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Function in a Convenience Sample of Centenarians in Australia

Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Function in a Convenience Sample of Centenarians in Australia

Is It Possible to Predict One-Year Survival in Centenarians? A Neural Network Study

Successful aging among Chinese near-centenarians and centenarians in Hong Kong: a multidimensional and interdisciplinary approach

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