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Dan G. Blazer
Researcher at Duke University
Publications - 707
Citations - 72202
Dan G. Blazer is an academic researcher from Duke University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Depression (differential diagnoses) & Population. The author has an hindex of 124, co-authored 682 publications receiving 66481 citations. Previous affiliations of Dan G. Blazer include Brown University & Yale University.
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A short physical performance battery assessing lower extremity function: association with self-reported disability and prediction of mortality and nursing home admission.
Jack M. Guralnik,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Luigi Ferrucci,Robert J. Glynn,Lisa F. Berkman,Dan G. Blazer,Paul A. Scherr,Robert B. Wallace +7 more
TL;DR: Evidence is presented that performance measures can validly characterize older persons across a broad spectrum of lower extremity function and that performance and self-report measures may complement each other in providing useful information about functional status.
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Sex and depression in the National Comorbidity Survey I: Lifetime prevalence, chronicity and recurrence
Ronald C. Kessler,Katherine A. McGonagle,Marvin S. Swartz,Dan G. Blazer,Christopher B. Nelson +4 more
TL;DR: Age of onset analysis shows that this sex difference begins in early adolescence and persists through the mid-50s and means that the higher prevalence of 12-month depression among women than men is largely due to women having a higher risk of first onset.
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Depression in Late Life: Review and Commentary
TL;DR: The extant evidence regarding the etiology of depression in late life from a biopsychosocial perspective is presented and the current therapies prescribed for depressed elders, ranging from medications to group therapy are presented.
The Prevalence and Distribution of Major Depression in a National Community Sample: The National Comorbidity Survey
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined the prevalence and risk factor profile of both pure and comorbid major depression according to data from the National Comorbidity Survey and found significant differences between persons with pure and combined major depression.
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Sleep complaints among elderly persons: an epidemiologic study of three communities.
Daniel J. Foley,Andrew A. Monjan,Brown Sl,Eleanor M. Simonsick,Robert B. Wallace,Dan G. Blazer +5 more
TL;DR: In multivariate analyses, sleep complaints were associated with an increasing number of respiratory symptoms, physical disabilities, nonprescription medications, depressive symptoms and poorer self-perceived health.