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Prevalence and association of depressive symptoms with physical disability and long-term care use among older American Indians

Creator:

Schure, Marc B.

Abstract:

Health officials have recently been sounding the alarm that depression will soon surpass many of the major medical conditions in causing disability among adults. Recent demographic and health trends are generating public health concern about depression. First, the prevalence of chronic conditions has dramatically increased over the last several generations....

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Dissertation

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; Braungart, 2005; Cronin-Stubbs et al., 2000; Penninx, Leveille, Ferrucci, Van Eijk, & Guralnik, 1999
Phenotypes of Cardiovascular Damage and Cognitive Decline

Creator:

Miller, Lindsay M.

Abstract:

Cognitive impairment can severely impact quality of life, and can place added strain on family and caregivers.¹⁻³ Moreover, cognitive decline has been shown to proceed to more serious conditions including Alzheimer’s disease and dementia,⁴⁻⁶ making it critical to intervene on risk factors. In addition to traditional risk factors for cognitive...

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Dissertation