Symptoms of depression and risk of emergency department visits among people aged 70 years and over.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Older people experiencing depression and anxiety have higher rates of health service utilisation than others, but little is known about whether these influence their seeking of emergency care. The aim was to examine the associations between symptoms of depression and the use of emergency health care, in an Australian context, among a population of people aged 70 years and over initially free of cardiovascular disease, dementia or major physical disability.

Methods

We undertook secondary analyses of data from a large cohort of community-dwelling Australians aged [Formula: see text]70 years. Multivariable logistic regression was used to compare the association of symptoms of depression (measured using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale 10 questi

SUBMITTER: Dwyer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10845391 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature