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Review
. 2013 Dec;36(4):631-49.
doi: 10.1016/j.psc.2013.08.008. Epub 2013 Oct 6.

The economic, public health, and caregiver burden of late-life depression

Kara Zivin  1 , Tracy Wharton, Ola Rostant
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Review

The economic, public health, and caregiver burden of late-life depression

Kara Zivin et al. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2013 Dec.

Abstract

This article reviews the burden of late-life depression (LLD) from several perspectives, including costs of depression treatment and treatment of other comorbid psychiatric and medical conditions; the impact of LLD on job functioning, disability, and retirement; and how LLD influences others, such as family members and caregivers.

Keywords: Caregiver burden; Costs; Late-life depression; Public health; Retirement.

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Figure 1. Standardized estimated of the bidirectional relationship between depression and working (vs. retirement)
Notes: * p ≤ 0.05. Estimates for the relationship of 1998 characteristics are not presented, in the interest of simplicity. Fully cross-lagged model: χ2 = 5419.48, degrees of freedom (df) = 226, p<0.0001 Fit Statistics: Comparative Fit Index (CFI) = 0.840, Tucker-Lewis Index (TLI) = 0.916, Root Mean Square Error of Approximation (RMSEA) = 0.053
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