Depressive Symptoms and Self-Rated Health among Brazilian Older Adults: Baseline Data from the Elsi Brazil Study

CONCLUSION: Having depressive symptoms may contribute towards having a poorer perception of health, even in the absence of health conditions. Self-rated health is a multidimensional construct that can accurately reflect a person's state of general mental health.PMID:37995196 | DOI:10.47626/1516-4446-2023-3331

Source: Revista Brasileira de Psiquiatria - November 23, 2023 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Natalia T Ito D éborah Oliveira Fabricio M S Rodrigues Erico Castro-Costa Maria F Lima-Costa Cleusa P Ferri Source Type: research