Pâmela Moraes Volz, Alitéia Santiago Dilélio, Luiz Augusto Facchini, Lenice de Castro Muniz de Quadros, Elaine Tomasi, Marciane Kessler, Louriele Soares Wachs, Karla Pereira Machado, Mariângela Ulhmann Soares, Elaine Thumé
To evaluate the cumulative incidence of depression and its associated factors in the older population living in the urban area of the municipality of Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil, a prospective cohort study was conducted from 2008 to 2016/2017. The analysis was restricted to 615 older adults with complete information on the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), both at baseline and at follow-up, and who did not present depression in 2008. To calculate crude and adjusted incidence ratios and 95% confidence interval, Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment was used, including the baseline variables...
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