Depression is perhaps the most frequent cause of emotional suffering in later life and
significantly decreases quality of life in older adults. In recent years, the literature on late-life …

In elderly people, depression mainly affects those with chronic medical illnesses and
cognitive impairment, causes suffering, family disruption, and disability, worsens the …

Objective: To understand the role of depressive symptoms in preclinical Alzheimer's
disease, it is essential to define their temporal relationship to Alzheimer's proteinopathies in …

Objective: Pain, depression, and fatigue function as a symptom cluster and thus may share
common risk factors. Interpersonal relationships clearly influence health, suggesting that …

Stroke is a leading cause of disability in the United States. 1 The Veterans Health
Administration (VHA) of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) estimates that 15 000 …

OBJECTIVE: To develop and test the effectiveness of a 5‐item version of the Geriatric
Depression Scale (GDS) in screening for depression in a frail community‐dwelling older …

BackgroundAlthough depression appears to decrease in late life, this could be due to
misattribution of depressive symptom to physical disorders that increase in late life …

• One-month prevalence results were determined from 18571 persons interviewed in the first-
wave community samples of all five sites that constituted the National Institute of Mental …

Background: Although depression appears to decrease in late life, this could be due to
misattribution of depressive symptoms to physical disorders that increase in late life …

The 35-item Duke Social Support Index (DSSI) measures multiple dimensions of social
support and has been used extensively in cross-sectional and longitudinal studies of aging …