Association between depressive symptoms and tuberculosis diagnosis stage in older adults: a 4-year longitudinal cohort study in rural South Africa.

BMJ Open · 2025 · PMC12706101 · PMID 41381111

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did not reach statistical significancep=0.072so close (0.05 < p ≤ 0.1)

Median CES-D 20 scores were higher in both recently diagnosed (14.0, IQR 7.0–24.0) and previously diagnosed groups (14.0, IQR 7.0–23.0) compared with the never diagnosed group (13.0, IQR 6.0–21.0), though this difference did not reach statistical significance (p=0.072).

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Previously diagnosed individuals showed a trend towards higher odds of moderate depressive symptoms (OR=1.31, 95% CI 0.97 to 1.79, p<0.1).

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