Socioeconomic and health-related inequalities in major depressive symptoms among older adults: a Wagstaff's decomposition analysis of data from the LASI baseline survey, 2017-2018.

Findings revealed large socioeconomic and health-related inequalities in depression in older adults which were especially pronounced by poor household economy, widowhood, poor SRH, ADL and IADL difficulty, and psychological distress. In designing prevention programmes, detection and management of older adults with depression should be a high priority, especially for those who are more vulnerable.