Quality of life and physical activity associated to lower prevalence of depression in community-dwelling elderly subjects from Sao Paulo

• Published in: Journal of affective disorders Vol. 150; no. 2; pp. 616 - 622
• Main Authors: Barcelos-Ferreira, Ricardo, Yoshio Nakano, Eduardo, Steffens, David C., Bottino, Cassio M.C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Elsevier B.V 05.09.2013; Elsevier
• Subjects: Activities of Daily Living; Adult and adolescent clinical studies; Affective disorders; Aged; Aged, 80 and over; Biological and medical sciences; Brazil - epidemiology; Cognition Disorders - diagnosis; Cognition Disorders - epidemiology; Cognition Disorders - psychology; Cross-Sectional Studies; Depression; Depressive disorder; Depressive Disorder, Major - epidemiology; Depressive Disorder, Major - ethnology; Depressive Disorder, Major - psychology; Depressive symptoms; Developing Countries; Diagnosis; Elderly; Elderly people; Epidemiology; Exercise; Female; Gender; Humans; Male; Medical sciences; Middle Aged; Mood disorders; Physical activity; Prevalence; Psychiatry; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Quality of Life; Sociodemographic aspects; Brazil; Depressive symptoms; Prevalence; Cross-sectional studies; Elderly; Epidemiology; Depressive disorder; Human; Mood disorder; Physical exercise; Depression; Quality of life; Symptomatology; Cross sectional study; Community; Public health

Studies investigating major depression and associated factors in older people from developing countries are scarce. Cross-sectional study of a community-based sample of 1563 elderly subjects aged 60 years or older from Sao Paulo, Brazil. The frequency of major depression (MD) and the relationship wi...