Depressive symptoms, emotional support and activities of daily living disability onset: 15-year follow-up of the Bambuí (Brazil) Cohort Study of Aging

• Main Authors: Juliana Lustosa Torres (Author), Erico Castro-Costa (Author), Juliana Vaz de Melo Mambrini (Author), Sérgio William Viana Peixoto (Author), Breno Satler de Oliveira Diniz (Author), Cesar de Oliveira (Author), Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Escola Nacional de Saúde Pública, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, 2018-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Psychosocial factors appear to be associated with increased risk of disability in later life. However, there is a lack of evidence based on long-term longitudinal data from Western low-middle income countries. We investigated whether psychosocial factors at baseline predict new-onset disability in l...