Association of depression and gender with mortality in old age
Why the study?
Do major and mild depressive syndromes increase mortality in community-living older men and women?
Population
4,051 community-living older persons (elderly men and women)
Comparison
Major and mild depressive syndromes assessed via… vs Absence of the respective depressive syndromes
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 years
Authors
Discussion
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Implication
Psychotic depression warrants heightened mortality surveillance in older adults; leaves open whether subtype-targeted interventions improve survival.
Structured PICO
Do major and mild depressive syndromes increase mortality in community-living older men and women?
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Population
4,051 community-living older persons (elderly men and women)
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Intervention
Major (psychotic) and mild (neurotic) depressive syndromes assessed via Geriatric Mental State AGECAT
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Comparator
Absence of the respective depressive syndromes
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Outcome
Mortality at 6-year follow-up based on community death registershard clinical
Major depressive syndromes increase mortality risk in both older men and women, whereas mild depression increases mortality risk specifically in older men.
Cite This Study
Schoevers et al. (2000) studied this question.