شیوع افسردگی: مقایسه تعاریف مختلف افسردگی در نمونه های مبتنی بر جمعیت بزرگسالان سالمند

Depression prevalence was similar across all depression definitions except for ICD-10, showing much lower figures. However, independent of the definition used, depression prevalence varies greatly by dementia status, physical functioning, and marital status. These findings may be useful for clinicians when assessing depression in older adults and for researchers when exploring and comparing depression prevalence across studies.