Persistence of depressive symptoms and gait speed recovery in older adults after hip fracture.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Depression after hip fracture in older adults is associated with worse physical performance; however, depressive symptoms are dynamic, fluctuating during the recovery period. The study aim was to determine how the persistence of depressive symptoms over time cumulatively affects the recovery of physical performance.

Methods

Marginal structural models estimated the cumulative effect of persistence of depressive symptoms on gait speed during hip fracture recovery among older adults (n = 284) enrolled in the Baltimore Hip Studies 7th cohort. Depressive symptoms at baseline and at 2-month and 6-month postadmission for hip fracture were evaluated by using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale, and persistence of symptoms was assessed as a time-averaged

SUBMITTER: Rathbun AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5995625 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature