Onset and persistence of depression in older people—results from a 2-year community follow-up study

Harris, Tess; Cook, Derek G; Victor, Christina; DeWilde, Stephen; Beighton, Carole

doi:10.1093/ageing/afi216

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“…To overcome this methodological pitfall, we preferred to consider vision loss at baseline in subjects without depressive symptomatology. Several other longitudinal studies included visual function loss in overall analyses of risk factors for depressive symptom incidence, finding a positive (de Beurs et al, 2001;Forsell, 2000;Harris et al, 2006;Kennedy et al, 1990) or a non-significant association (Biderman et al, 2002;Prince et al, 1998).Visual functioning was always selfdeclared, often not precisely defined and only taken at baseline.…”

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A prospective study of the bi-directional association between vision loss and depression in the elderly

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Delcourt

Daïen

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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A prospective study of the bi-directional association between vision loss and depression in the elderly

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Daïen

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Journal of Affective Disorders

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“…Esses estudos foram conduzidos em indivíduos com idade entre 50 e 104 anos, residentes na comunidade, nos Estados Unidos, Inglaterra, Holanda e Alemanha (tabela 1). [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] Apenas dois estudos 27,36 avaliaram a incidência de depressão maior, como definido pelos critérios diagnósticos do DSM, e apresentaram resultados bastante diferentes. Um estudo americano 27 estimou a incidência de 5,4%, enquanto um conduzido, 36 na Alemanha, estimou uma taxa quatro vezes maior.…”

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“…Foram utilizados diferentes instrumentos nesses estudos: GDS-15, PRIME-MD, Short-CARE, CES-D, GMS-AGECAT, CIDI. [27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37] A mediana dos três estudos conduzidos na Inglaterra foi 12,0 28,32,37 e a dos estudos realizados na Holanda, 14,3. 30,31,34 Porém, foi observada maior variabilidade entre resultados nos estudos ingleses do que nos estudos holandesas.…”

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Incidência de depressão e fatores associados em idosos residentes na comunidade: revisão de literatura

Pinho

Custódio

Makdisse

2009

Rev. bras. geriatr. gerontol.

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Depression in late life is a common psychiatric disorder among elderly community residents. Several risk factors have been described in literature. This study aimed to review the literature on the incidence of old age depression among community residents and the risk factors associated. A literature search was conducted in MEDLINE, LILACS and SCIELO databases using the following key words: "elderly", "risk factors", "depression", and "incidence". The incidence of late life depression in elderly people living in community varied from 5.4 to 24.1 % (median: 12,0; interquartil range: 12,5) . The main predictors of depressive disorders and depressive symptoms cases were: female sex, advanced age, marital condition, low educational status, socio-economic deprivation, living condition, low social support, life events, previous depression, psychiatry comorbidity, personality characteristics, sleep disorders, cognitive impairments, poor health conditions, functional limitations and pain. Depression is a common condition among community-living elderly people and it is considered a serious issue. The identification of factors associated with the incidence of depression may help health professionals to offer early diagnosis and more accurate therapeutic intervention.

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“…The clustering of somatic health problems, including a lack of social support, loneliness, isolation and depression seems to define a group of older persons with poor quality of life (9,13,21) and the recognition and prevention of later-life depression that helps to address these factors is an important public health issue (22). The associations between the factors, however, are complex, and it is difficult to single out what is cause and effect, thereby making prevention difficult.…”

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Characteristics of senior centre users – and the impact of a group programme on social support and late-life depression

Bøen¹

2012

Nor J Epidemiol

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Background: Senior centres are described as arenas for prevention. However, few studies have addressed this subject. The main aims of the present study were to evaluate the impact of a senior centre programme on depression and social support, to gain knowledge about the socio-demographic, psychosocial and health characteristics of users of the senior centres in relation to non-users, and to investigate the associations between psychological distress and social support and somatic and socio-demographic factors. Methods: Data were obtained from the Norwegian Population Register for two municipal districts in Oslo. A random sample was drawn limited to 4,000 of the total number of residents over 65 years living at home. Self-report questionnaires were sent by post. The response rate was 64% and n=2,387. Psychological distress was assessed using Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL-10) and social support with Oslo-3 Social Support Scale. Beck Depression Inventory (BDI) was an outcome measure in addition to scales of health and life satisfaction. In total 415 persons fulfilled the inclusion criteria of the RCT and 92 completed the study. Findings: High age and specific health problems were associated with increased use of the senior centre. Single women used the senior centres more than married women whereas single men used the senior centres less than married men. Lack of social support and somatic health problems increased psychological distress. Physical impairments and hearing in particular was associated with low levels of social support which again was associated with psychological distress. There were no significant effects on depression of the group programme. However, based on data from one year follow-up, the programme may have a delayed effect due to a general age-dependent increase in depression. This means that the intervention does not make any significant difference to persons with an already manifest depression, but likely prevents worsening for those with milder symptoms. Social support and quality of life were moderately improved. Conclusion:The findings document a public health problem since the prevalence of physical impairments is high and loneliness is quite common and might lead to increased psychological distress. A further evaluation of these programmes is necessary to capture the effectiveness of the specific parts of the programme's content.

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Onset and persistence of depression in older people—results from a 2-year community follow-up study

Cited by 103 publications

References 23 publications

A prospective study of the bi-directional association between vision loss and depression in the elderly

A prospective study of the bi-directional association between vision loss and depression in the elderly

Incidência de depressão e fatores associados em idosos residentes na comunidade: revisão de literatura

Characteristics of senior centre users – and the impact of a group programme on social support and late-life depression

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