The Netherlands study of depression in older persons (NESDO); a prospective cohort study

Background: To study late-life depression and its unfavourable course and co morbidities in The Netherlands. Methods. We designed the Netherlands Study of Depression in Older Persons (NESDO), a multi-site naturalistic prospective cohort study which makes it possible to examine the determinants, the course and the consequences of depressive disorders in older persons over a period of six years, and to compare these with those of depression earlier in adulthood. Results: From 2007 until 2010, the NESDO consortium has recruited 510 depressed and non depressed older persons ( 60 years) at 5 locati... Mehr ...