Annals of internal medicine
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Multicenter Study Comparative Study
Outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression among elderly patients in primary care settings.
Although depressive conditions in later life are a major public health problem, the outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression are largely unknown. ⋯ The intermediate outcomes of minor and subsyndromal depression demonstrate the clinical significance of these conditions and suggest that they are part of a spectrum of depressive illness. Greater medical burden, poor subjective health status, and poorer subjective social support confer a higher risk for poor outcome.