Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Among Older Adults and in Adults With Hip Fracture: Analysis From the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This study aimed to determine trajectories of depressive symptoms among older adults in England, overall and for those with hip fracture. The study aimed to explore the differential characteristics of each trajectory identified.

Methods

Analysis of adults aged 60 years or more (n = 7 050), including a hip fracture subgroup (n = 384), from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing. Latent class growth mixture modeling was completed. Depressive symptom prevalence was estimated at baseline. Chi-square tests were completed to compare baseline characteristics across trajectories.

Results

Three trajectories of depressive symptoms (no, mild, and moderate-severe) were identified overall and for those with hip fracture. The moderate-severe trajectory comprised 13.7%

SUBMITTER: Milton-Cole R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9799186 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature