Methods Data come from the 2010 Health and Retirement Study. Analysis was limited to
community-dwelling participants 65 and older with complete data on depressive and frailty …

Objectives: The study purpose is to estimate the correlation between depression and
competing models of frailty, and to determine to what degree the comorbidity of these …

Background Depression and frailty both predict disability and morbidity in later life. However,
it is unclear to what extent these common geriatric syndromes represent overlapping …

Background Many of the symptoms, consequences, and risk factors for frailty are shared with
late‐life depression. However, thus far, few studies have addressed the conceptual and …

Objectives Accumulating evidence shows depression as a risk factor for frailty, but studies
are mainly population-based and widely differ in their assessment of either depression or …

Background: Frailty, a state indicating vulnerability to poor health outcomes, is a common
condition in later life. However, research and intervention progress is hindered by the …

Background To investigate the longitudinal relationship between physical frailty, the clinical
representation of accelerated biological aging, and antidepressant medication response in …

Background Frailty and depressive symptoms are common issues facing older adults and
may be associated. Objectives To determine if:(i) depressive symptoms are associated with …

Frailty and depression are important issues affecting older adults. Depressive syndrome
may be difficult to clinically disambiguate from frailty in advanced old age. Current reviews …

Introduction Depressive disorder has been conceptualised as a condition of accelerated
biological ageing. We operationalised a frailty index (FI) as marker for biological ageing …