Depressive symptomatology and fall risk among community-dwelling older adults

Geoffrey J. Hoffman, Ron D. Hays, Steven P. Wallace, Martin F. Shapiro and Susan L. Ettner

Social Science & Medicine, 2017, vol. 178, issue C, 206-213

Abstract: Falls are common among older adults and may be related to depressive symptoms (DS). With advancing age, there is an onset of chronic conditions, sensory impairments, and activity limitations that are associated with falls and with depressive disorders. Prior cross-sectional studies have observed significant associations between DS and subsequent falls as well as between fractures and subsequent clinical depression and DS.

Keywords: Depression; Falls; Older adults; Structural equation modeling; Depressive symptomatology (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.02.020

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