Depressive Symptoms and Total Healthcare Costs: Roles of Functional Limitations and Multimorbidity.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Depressive symptoms can be both a cause and a consequence of functional limitations and medical conditions. Our objectives were to determine the association of depressive symptoms with subsequent total healthcare costs in older women after accounting for functional limitations and multimorbidity.

Design

Prospective cohort study (Study of Osteoporotic Fractures [SOF]).

Setting

Four US sites.

Participants

A total of 2508 community-dwelling women (mean age = 79.4 years) participating in the SOF year 10 (Y10) examination linked with their Medicare claims data.

Measurements

At Y10, depressive symptoms were measured using the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) and functional limitations were assessed by number (range = 0-5) of impairments in p

SUBMITTER: Schousboe JT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684454 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature