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Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults: A prospective cohort study in primary care. (2016)
Journal Article
Wilkie, R., Blagojevic-Bucknall, M., Belcher, J., Chew-Graham, C., Lacey, R. J., & McBeth, J. (2016). Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults: A prospective cohort study in primary care. Medicine, 95(31), Article e4111. https://doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000004111

In older adults, reduced social participation increases the risk of poor health-related quality of life, increased levels of inflammatory markers and cardiovascular disease, and increased mortality. Older adults frequently present to primary care, wh... Read More about Widespread pain and depression are key modifiable risk factors associated with reduced social participation in older adults: A prospective cohort study in primary care..

MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY (2016)
Journal Article
Baker, S., Chew-Graham, C. A., Wilkie, R., & McBeth, J. (2016). MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 75(S2), 656-657. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-eular.4037

Background Reporting troublesome pain doubled the risk of the onset of depression in older people1. However the majority (84%) of those with troublesome pain remained free of depression. Social participation (SP) (i.e. recreational and functional act... Read More about MAINTAINING MENTAL HEALTH IN OLDER PEOPLE WITH MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN: A LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDY.

Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression (2016)
Book Chapter
Burroughs, H., & Wilkie, R. (2016). Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression. In Mental Health and Older People (57-65). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29492-6_6

Retirement from paid employment and other changes in role can, for some older people, lead to a decline in social participation. A lack of social participation can cause loneliness, but the two states are not synonymous. Loneliness is emotional distr... Read More about Social Participation, Loneliness and Depression.