Depression and functional recovery after a disabling hospitalization in older persons.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To determine the association between depression and functional recovery in community-living older persons who had a decline in function after an acute hospital admission.

Design

Prospective cohort study.

Setting

General community in greater New Haven, Connecticut, from March 1998 to December 2008.

Participants

Seven hundred fifty-four persons aged 70 and older.

Measurements

Hospitalization and disability in essential activities of daily living (ADLs) and mobility were assessed each month for up to 129 months, and depressive symptoms were assessed every 18 months using the Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale (CES-D). Functional recovery was defined as returning to the community within 6 months at or above the prehospital level of

SUBMITTER: Barry LC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3136548 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature