Late life depression: The essentials and the essential distinctions

S Husain-Krautter, JM Ellison - Focus, 2021 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Late life depression (LLD), a familiar syndrome, is not differentiated in the DSM-5. LLD can
resemble depressive syndromes in younger adults but it differs in demographic …

A self-help mobile messaging intervention to improve subthreshold depressive symptoms among older adults in a socioeconomically deprived region of Brazil …

CA Nakamura, N Seward, TJ Peters… - The Lancet Regional …, 2024 - thelancet.com
Background Subthreshold depression is a risk factor for major depression and is associated
with increased morbidity and mortality, especially in older adults. There is emerging …

Self-help mobile messaging intervention for depression among older adults in resource-limited settings: a randomized controlled trial

M Scazufca, CA Nakamura, N Seward, TVN Didone… - Nature Medicine, 2024 - nature.com
Scalable solutions to treat depression in older adults in low-resourced settings are urgently
needed. The PRODIGITAL-D pragmatic, single-blind, two-arm, individually randomized …

Psychometric properties of the PHQ-9 measure of depression among Brazilian older adults

D Moreno-Agostino, KC Chua, TJ Peters… - Aging & Mental …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Objectives: To obtain evidence on the psychometric properties of the Patient Health
Questionnaire− 9 (PHQ-9, one of the most extensively used tools for assessing depression) …

Use of WhatsApp by older adults screened for depression in socioeconomically deprived areas of Guarulhos, São Paulo State, Brazil: challenges and possibilities for …

FA Moretti, M Scazufca, CA Nakamura… - Cadernos de Saúde …, 2023 - SciELO Public Health
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between sociodemographic characteristics,
depressive symptomatology, mobile phone ownership, and different uses of WhatsApp …

[HTML][HTML] Economic Evaluation of a Web Application Implemented in Primary Care for the Treatment of Depression in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus …

E Varela-Moreno, MT Anarte-Ortiz… - JMIR mHealth and …, 2024 - mhealth.jmir.org
Background: Depressive disorder and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are prevalent in
primary care (PC). Pharmacological treatment, despite controversy, is commonly chosen …

Depressive and subthreshold depressive symptomatology among older adults in a socioeconomically deprived area in Brazil

CA Nakamura, M Scazufca, TJ Peters… - … Journal of Geriatric …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Depressive and subthreshold depressive symptomatology are common but often neglected
in older adults. Objective This study aimed to assess rates of depressive and subthreshold …

A task-shared, collaborative care psychosocial intervention for improving depressive symptomatology among older adults in a socioeconomically deprived area of …

M Scazufca, CA Nakamura, N Seward… - The Lancet Healthy …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background There is an urgent need to reduce the burden of depression among older adults
in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). We aimed to evaluate the efficacy of a …

[HTML][HTML] Patient health questionnaire-9 item pairing predictiveness for prescreening depressive symptomatology: machine learning analysis

D Glavin, EM Grua, CA Nakamura, M Scazufca… - JMIR Mental …, 2023 - mental.jmir.org
Background: Anhedonia and depressed mood are considered the cardinal symptoms of
major depressive disorder. These are the first 2 items of the Patient Health Questionnaire …

Digital psychosocial intervention for depression among older adults in socioeconomically deprived areas in Brazil (PRODIGITAL-D): protocol for an individually …

CA Nakamura, M Scazufca, FA Moretti, TVN Didone… - Trials, 2022 - Springer
Background Depression in older adults is a challenge for health systems in most low-and
middle-income countries (LMICs). Digital strategies for the management of this condition …