Relation between depressed mood, somatic comorbidities and health service utilisation in older adults: results from the KORA-Age study
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Relation between depressed mood, somatic comorbidities and health service utilisation in older adults: results from the KORA-Age study.
BACKGROUND prior literature suggests that comorbidity with depression significantly worsens the health state of people with chronic diseases. OBJECTIVE the present study examines whether depressed mood increased medical care use for patients with a comorbid physical disease. DESIGN, SETTING AND SUBJECTS the study was a population-based study (KORA-Age), with 3,938 participants aged 64-94. ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Age and Ageing
سال: 2011
ISSN: 1468-2834,0002-0729
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afr162