What is the Longitudinal Relationship between Gait Abnormalities and Depression in a Cohort of Community-Dwelling Older People? Data From the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing (TILDA)

This study demonstrates that baseline gait disturbance, measured by TUG, predicts incident depression, defined by CES-D, in a population-representative cohort of community-dwelling older people. Possible biological mechanisms for this relationship include white matter disease and executive dysfunction.