Objective: Loneliness and the onset of depression in old age are growing problems related
to the greater life expectancy nowadays. This review investigated the longitudinal …

BACKGROUND Suicide is a leading cause of preventable death worldwide, with its peak of
maximum incidence in later life. Depression often puts an individual at higher risk for …

Abstract Background The EURO-D is a short scale to measure symptoms of depression, very
used in large population surveys. Although there are numerous validation studies, its …

Objectives We studied sociodemographic and health factors associated with depression
across three age groups of community‐dwelling older adults. Methods/Design We used data …

Background Loneliness is considered a public health problem, particularly among older
adults. Although risk factors for loneliness have been studied extensively, fewer studies …

Background Emotion recognition constitutes a pivotal process of social cognition. It involves
decoding social cues (eg, facial expressions) to maximise social adjustment. Current …

Depression is a common and highly disabling condition in older adults. It is a heterogenous
disorder and there is emerging evidence of a link between inflammation and depression in …

Background This study aimed at depicting the course of depression symptoms over the old
age, with a special interest in a) uncovering its relationships with sociodemographic and …

Depression in old age deserves special attention in view of the fact of progressive
population ageing, because of the way in which depression and risk factors interact in this …

This study aimed to examine how loneliness contributes to metabolic dysregulation among
older adults with depression and determine the relative contribution of loneliness to the …