Social Network and Participation in Elderly Primary Care Patients in Germany and Associations with Depressive Symptoms—A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the AgeWell.de Study

Social Network and Participation in Elderly Primary Care Patients in Germany and Associations with Depressive Symptoms—A Cross-Sectional Analysis from the AgeWell.de Study

This study aims to describe social network and social participation and to assess associations with depressive symptoms in older persons with increased risk for dementia in Germany. We conducted a cross-sectional observational study in primary care patients (aged 60–77) as part of a multicenter clus...

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Main Authors: Flora Wendel, Alexander Bauer, Iris Blotenberg, Christian Brettschneider, Maresa Buchholz, David Czock, Juliane Döhring, Catharina Escales, Thomas Frese, Wolfgang Hoffmann, Hanna Kaduszkiewicz, Hans-Helmut König, Margrit Löbner, Melanie Luppa, Rosemarie Schwenker, Jochen René Thyrian, Marina Weißenborn, Birgitt Wiese, Isabel Zöllinger, Steffi G. Riedel-Heller, Jochen Gensichen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2022-10-01
Series:Journal of Clinical Medicine
Subjects:
aged
depression
social isolation
social networking
social participation
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2077-0383/11/19/5940

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