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September 23, 2014International PsychogeriatricsOpen Access

Examination of the association between mental health, morbidity, and mortality in late life: findings from longitudinal community surveys

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Why the study?

Does mental health mediate the effect of physical health on mortality risk in older adults?

Population

14,019 adults aged 70 years and older drawn from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing project.

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

10-year period

Authors

RBRichard A. BurnsAustralian National UniversityPBPeter ButterworthAustralian National UniversityCBColette BrowningAustralian National University

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Implication

Physical health more strongly predicts mortality than mental health in older women without mediation; leaves open causal pathways for prospective trials.

Structured PICO

Does mental health mediate the effect of physical health on mortality risk in older adults?

P
Population
14,019 adults aged 70 years and older (91% women) drawn from the Dynamic Analyses to Optimise Ageing (DYNOPTA) project.
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Intervention
Mental health and physical health status (observational)
O
Outcome
Mortality riskhard clinical

Physical health is a stronger predictor of mortality risk than mental health in older adults, with neither mediating the effect of the other.

Cite This Study

Burns et al. (2014) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a100a205725bbd5cc606ae0https://doi.org/10.1017/s1041610214002051
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