Depression and excess mortality in the elderly living in low- and middle-income countries: Systematic review and meta-analysis.
Diego José BrandãoLeonardo Ferreira FontenelleSimone Almeida da SilvaPaulo Rossi MenezesMaria Pastor-ValeroPublished in: International journal of geriatric psychiatry (2018)
Depression is associated with excess mortality in the elderly living in low- and middle-income countries. In addition, this excess mortality does not differ substantially from that found in high-income countries. This suggests environmental factors occurring in low- and middle-income countries might not have a direct association with the excess mortality in the depressed elderly.