Key result
Depressive symptoms increased the 6-month risk of hospitalization (crude RR 1.95; 95% CI 1.47-2.58), though after multivariable adjustment this remained significant only in men aged ≥75 years.
Why the study?
Are depressive symptoms associated with an increased risk of hospitalization in community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older?
Population
3,486 community-dwelling adults, aged 65 and older, from North Carolina, United States.
Comparison
Presence of depressive symptoms vs Absence of depressive symptoms
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
6 months
Authors
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May warrant depression screening in men ≥75; extends associations but leaves causal effects on hospitalization open.
Cohort (n=3,486)
No
Are depressive symptoms associated with an increased risk of hospitalization in community-dwelling adults aged 65 and older?
Relative Risk: 1.95 (95% CI 1.47–2.58)
Depressive symptoms are independently associated with a significantly increased risk of hospitalization in community-dwelling men aged 75 and older.
Huang et al. (2000) conducted a cohort in Depressive symptoms (n=3,486). Depressive symptoms vs. Absence of depressive symptoms was evaluated on Hospitalization (RR 1.95, 95% CI 1.47-2.58). Depressive symptoms increased the 6-month risk of hospitalization (crude RR 1.95; 95% CI 1.47-2.58), though after multivariable adjustment this remained significant only in men aged ≥75 years.
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