Prevalence and risk factors of depressive symptoms in latest life--results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+).

  • Melanie Luppa
  • Claudia Sikorski
  • Tobias Luck
  • Siegfried Weyerer
  • Arno Villringer
  • Hans-Helmut König
  • Steffi G Riedel-Heller

Abstract

Because the oldest old will be the fastest-growing age group in the future and information about epidemiology of depressive symptoms in latest life is scarce, the present study aims at determining the age-specific and gender-specific prevalence rates and risk factors of depressive symptoms in latest life.

Bibliographical data

Original languageEnglish
Article number3
ISSN0885-6230
Publication statusPublished - 2012
pubmed 21538535