Depression and quality of life in old age: a closer look

Depressive disorders are among the most widespread mental disorders in old age, with negative consequences for quality of life (QOL). Understanding QOL as a multidimensional construct, in this article we have a closer look on what specific aspects are affected by depression. We used a representative sample of the German population ( n = 805) and one of individuals diagnosed with depression ( n = 106) to compare QOL using the WHOQOL-BREF and the...