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The British Journal of Psychiatry 175: 340-347 (1999)
© 1999 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
JR Copeland, R Chen, ME Dewey, CF McCracken, C Gilmore, B Larkin and KC Wilson
Department of Psychiatry, Royal Liverpool University Hospital.
BACKGROUND: Risk factors of depression in later life, particularly for sub-cases and for psychotic and neurotic types of depression, are unclear. AIMS: To identify such risk factors. METHOD: Over 5200 older people (> or = 65 years), randomly selected from Liverpool, were interviewed using the Geriatric Mental State (GMS) and the Minimum Data Set (MDS). The computer-assisted diagnosis AGECAT identified 483 cases and 575 sub-cases of depression and 2451 with no mental problems. Logistic regression was employed to examine factors relevant to caseness. RESULTS: In multiple logistical regression, odds ratios (ORs) were significantly high for being female (2.04, 95% CI 1.56-2.69), widowed (2.00, 1.18-3.39), having alcohol problems (4.37, 1.40-2.94), physical disablement (2.03, 1.40-2.94), physical illness (1.98, 1.25- 3.15), taking medications to calm down (10.04, 6.41-15.71), and dissatisfaction with life (moderate 4.54, 3.50-5.90; more severe 29.00, 16.00-52.59). Good social networks reduced the ORs. If sub-cases were included as controls, the statistical significance was reduced. CONCLUSIONS: Age was not associated with depression in later life whereas gender, physical disablement and dissatisfaction with life were. The sub-cases shared many risk factors with cases, suggesting that prevention may need to be attempted at an early stage.
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