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Impact of Anxiety and Depression on Physical Health Condition and Disability in an Elderly Korean Population

Overview of attention for article published in Psychiatry Investigation, May 2017
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Title
Impact of Anxiety and Depression on Physical Health Condition and Disability in an Elderly Korean Population
Published in
Psychiatry Investigation, May 2017
DOI 10.4306/pi.2017.14.3.240
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Hee-Ju Kang, Kyung-Yeol Bae, Sung-Wan Kim, Hee-Young Shin, Il-Seon Shin, Jin-Sang Yoon, Jae-Min Kim

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the longitudinal effects of anxiety, depression, and their comorbidity on physical disorders and disability in an elderly Korean population. In total, 1,204 community-dwelling elders were evaluated at baseline, and of these 909 (75%) were re-assessed two years later. Anxiety and depression were identified at baseline using questions from the community version of the Geriatric Mental State diagnostic schedule (GMS-B3). Participants were assessed for functional disability and for 11 physical disorders both at baseline and at follow-up. Anxiety alone was associated with the incidence of heart disease, depression alone with the incidence of asthma, and comorbid anxiety and depression with incidence of eyesight problem, persistent cough, asthma, hypertension, heart disease, and gastrointestinal problems. Comorbid anxiety and depression were associated with an increase in the number of physical disorders and the degree of disability during the two-year follow-up, compared to anxiety or depression alone or the absence of anxiety or depression. Anxiety, depression, and particularly their comorbidity should be assessed in the elderly population considering their longitudinal effects on physical disorders and disability. Future study is required to determine whether interventions aimed at these disorders can mitigate their impacts.

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Unknown 145 100%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 16 11%
Student > Bachelor 16 11%
Researcher 11 8%
Student > Ph. D. Student 10 7%
Student > Postgraduate 6 4%
Other 17 12%
Unknown 69 48%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Medicine and Dentistry 22 15%
Nursing and Health Professions 21 14%
Psychology 10 7%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Neuroscience 3 2%
Other 16 11%
Unknown 69 48%
Attention Score in Context

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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 136. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 10 March 2022.
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#1
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