Dominant correlates of depressive disorders and effects on quality of life among older adults in low- and middle-income countries: Further analysis of WHO study on Global Ageing and Adult Health
Abstract:Background: Poor quality of life (QoL) disrupts social functioning, fulfilment of basic needs, and is associated with depressive disorder (DD).
Objective: We answered the question of whether there is a common risk factor for DD across six low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) and determined whether this risk factor can be ranked consistently as the most important predictor of DD in all six LMICs. We estimated the effect of DD on QoL for each country and meta-analyzed the results to generate a pooled effect… Show more
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