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May 1, 2012Journal of the American Geriatrics Society130 citationsOpen Access

Antidepressant Use, Depressive Symptoms, and Incident Frailty in Women Aged 65 and Older from the W omen's H ealth I nitiative Observational Study

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SLSusan L. LakeyALAndrea Z. LaCroixSGShelly L. Gray

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Are depressive symptoms and antidepressant use associated with incident frailty in women aged 65 and older?

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Population
Women aged 65 and older from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study
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Intervention
Antidepressant use and depressive symptoms
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Outcome
Incident frailty

Depressive symptoms and antidepressant use are associated with incident frailty in older women over a 3-year period.

Abstract

In older adult women, depressive symptoms and antidepressant use were associated with frailty after 3 years of follow-up.

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Lakey et al. (2012) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69dc4c8c74eb1d62e89f53c0https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03940.x
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