Depressive Symptoms and Physical Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Persons
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Depressive symptoms and physical decline in community-dwelling older persons.
CONTEXT Significant symptoms of depression are common in the older community-dwelling population. Although depressive symptoms and disability may commonly occur in the same person, whether depressive symptoms contribute to subsequent functional decline has not been elucidated. OBJECTIVE To determine whether depressive symptoms in older persons increase the risk of subsequent decline in physic...
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عنوان ژورنال: JAMA
سال: 1998
ISSN: 0098-7484
DOI: 10.1001/jama.279.21.1720