Depressive symptoms and self-rated health among Brazilian older adults: baseline data from the ELSI-Brazil study

Objective: To investigate whether having a higher number of depressive symptoms is associated with negative self-rated health (SRH) even in the absence of illness. Methods: This is a secondary analysis of baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015...

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Main Authors: Natalia T. Ito, Déborah Oliveira, Fabricio M.S. Rodrigues, Erico Castro-Costa, Maria F. Lima-Costa, Cleusa P. Ferri
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Psiquiatria (ABP) 2024-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Psychiatry
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-44462024000100200&lng=en&tlng=en