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List of works by Melanie Luppa

A comparative study demonstrated that prevalence figures on multimorbidity require cautious interpretation when drawn from a single database

scientific article published in February 2013

A comparison of GP and GDS diagnosis of depression in late life among multimorbid patients - results of the MultiCare study

scientific article published on 18 June 2014

Affective, anxiety, and substance-related disorders in patients undergoing herniated disc surgery

scientific article published on 9 September 2010

Age- and gender-specific norms for the German version of the Three-Factor Eating-Questionnaire (TFEQ).

scientific article published on 15 April 2015

Age-related predictors of institutionalization: results of the German study on ageing, cognition and dementia in primary care patients (AgeCoDe).

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Assessing met and unmet needs in the oldest-old and psychometric properties of the German version of the Camberwell assessment of need for the elderly (CANE)--a pilot study

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Association between mental demands at work and cognitive functioning in the general population - results of the health study of the Leipzig research center for civilization diseases (LIFE).

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Association of the apolipoprotein E genotype with memory performance and executive functioning in cognitively intact elderly

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Associations between Dementia Outcomes and Depressive Symptoms, Leisure Activities, and Social Support

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Attitudes of health care professionals towards female obese patients

scientific article published on 27 November 2013

Attitudes of the German general population toward early diagnosis of dementia--results of a representative telephone survey

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Attitudes towards bariatric surgery in the general public

scientific article published in March 2013

Burnout among young physicians and its association with physicians' wishes to leave: results of a survey in Saxony, Germany

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Choosing the right rehabilitation setting after herniated disc surgery: Motives, motivations and expectations from the patients' perspective

scientific article published on 22 August 2017

Clock drawing test - screening utility for mild cognitive impairment according to different scoring systems: results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+).

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Cognitive performance before and after the onset of subjective cognitive decline in old age.

scientific article published on 02 May 2015

Cost-of-illness studies of depression: a systematic review

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Cost-utility analysis of a preventive home visit program for older adults in Germany

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Current alcohol consumption and its relationship to incident dementia: results from a 3-year follow-up study among primary care attenders aged 75 years and older

scientific article published on 2 March 2011

Das Stigma Depression – eine Interaktion zwischen öffentlichem Diskurs und Erfahrungsberichten Betroffener

scientific article published on 02 February 2015

Depression and incident dementia. An 8-year population-based prospective study

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Depression in late life - what does epidemiology add?

scientific article published on May 13, 2013

Depression, non-fatal stroke and all-cause mortality in old age: a prospective cohort study of primary care patients

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Depressionsscreening am Telefon mittels der Allgemeinen Depressionsskala (ADS)

scientific article published on 13 May 2013

Depressive symptoms and health service utilisation among persons 50 years or older in Germany. A population-based cross-sectional study

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Determinants of health-related quality of life in older primary care patients: results of the longitudinal observational AgeCoDe Study.

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Diagnosed Depression and Utilization of Health Care Services and Preventive Measures in the General Adult Population in Germany - Results from a Nationwide Cross-Sectional Telephone Survey

scientific article published on 3 April 2017

Differential effects of enriched environment at work on cognitive decline in old age.

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Direct costs associated with depression in old age in Germany

scientific article published on 12 June 2007

Direct costs associated with depressive symptoms in late life: a 4.5-year prospective study

scientific article published on 19 October 2012

Direct costs associated with mild cognitive impairment in primary care

scientific article published in September 2008

Does GP training in depression care affect patient outcome? - A systematic review and meta-analysis

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Does a reliable decline in Mini Mental State Examination total score predict dementia? Diagnostic accuracy of two reliable change indices

scientific article published on 8 January 2009

Does the clock drawing test predict dementia? Results of the Leipzig longitudinal study of the aged (LEILA 75+).

scientific article published on 15 January 2011

Economics of medically unexplained symptoms: a systematic review of the literature

scientific article published on 20 July 2012

Effect of cardiovascular and metabolic disease on cognitive test performance and cognitive change in older adults

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Effectiveness of preventive home visits in reducing the risk of falls in old age: a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 12 June 2013

Effects of psychiatric comorbidity on costs in patients undergoing disc surgery: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 6 May 2011

Enriched environment at work and the incidence of dementia: results of the Leipzig longitudinal study of the aged (LEILA 75+).

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First evidence for glial pathology in late life minor depression: S100B is increased in males with minor depression

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Five A's counseling in weight management of obese patients in primary care: a cluster-randomized controlled trial (INTERACT).

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Gender differences in predictors of nursing home placement in the elderly: a systematic review

scientific article published on 10 July 2009

Health service utilization and costs of depressive symptoms in late life - a systematic review

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Healthcare costs associated with recognized and unrecognized depression in old age.

scientific article published on 27 August 2008

Impact of depression on health care utilization and costs among multimorbid patients--from the MultiCare Cohort Study

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Incidence and predictors of depression in non-demented primary care attenders aged 75 years and older: results from a 3-year follow-up study

scientific article published on 11 January 2013

Incidence of late-life depression: a systematic review

scientific article published on 30 August 2012

Incidence of mild cognitive impairment: a systematic review

scientific article published on 11 February 2010

Influence of social support on cognitive change and mortality in old age: results from the prospective multicentre cohort study AgeCoDe

scientific article published on March 20, 2012

Inpatient or outpatient rehabilitation after herniated disc surgery? - Setting-specific preferences, participation and outcome of rehabilitation

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Institutionalization of mentally ill in old age

scientific article published on 24 February 2010

Is the Clock Drawing Test a screening tool for the diagnosis of mild cognitive impairment? A systematic review

scientific article published on 20 August 2009

Is the Short Form of the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) a better screening instrument for dementia in older primary care patients than the original MMSE? Results of the German study on ageing, cognition, and dementia in primary care patients (

scientific article published on 30 March 2015

Is the clock drawing test appropriate for screening for mild cognitive impairment?--Results of the German study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe).

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Job satisfaction of foreign-national physicians working in patient care: a cross-sectional study in Saxony, Germany

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

Late-life depressive symptoms are associated with functional impairment cross-sectionally and over time: Results of the AgeMooDe study

Measuring negative attitudes towards overweight and obesity in the German population - psychometric properties and reference values for the German short version of the Fat Phobia Scale (FPS)

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Medical students' attitudes towards overweight and obesity

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Mild Depressive Symptoms Predict Mortality from Heart Failure in Elderly Men but Not Women

scientific article published in November 2015

Mild cognitive impairment: incidence and risk factors: results of the leipzig longitudinal study of the aged

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Motivational reserve: Motivation-related occupational abilities and risk of mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer disease

scientific article published on August 29, 2011

Natural course of depressive symptoms in late life. An 8-year population-based prospective study

scientific article published on 25 July 2012

Obese children, adults and senior citizens in the eyes of the general public: results of a representative study on stigma and causation of obesity

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Obesity and associated lifestyle in a large sample of multi-morbid German primary care attendees

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Perception of overweight and obesity from different angles: a qualitative study

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Personal stigma, problem appraisal and perceived need for professional help in currently untreated depressed persons

scientific article published on 9 March 2012

Personality-related factors as predictors of help-seeking for depression: a population-based study applying the Behavioral Model of Health Services Use.

scientific article published on 25 December 2012

Physician emigration from Germany: insights from a survey in Saxony, Germany.

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Prediction of incident dementia: impact of impairment in instrumental activities of daily living and mild cognitive impairment-results from the German study on ageing, cognition, and dementia in primary care patients

scientific article published on November 2012

Prediction of institutionalisation in dementia. A systematic review

scientific article published on 10 July 2008

Prediction of institutionalization in the elderly. A systematic review

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Predictors of costs in dementia in a longitudinal perspective

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Predictors of institutionalisation in incident dementia--results of the German Study on Ageing, Cognition and Dementia in Primary Care Patients (AgeCoDe study).

scientific article published on 2 July 2012

Predictors of nursing home admission of individuals without a dementia diagnosis before admission - results from the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+)

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Prevalence and risk factors for depression in non-demented primary care attenders aged 75 years and older

scientific article published on 26 March 2008

Prevalence and risk factors of depressive symptoms in latest life--results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+).

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Prognosis of mild cognitive impairment in general practice: results of the German AgeCoDe study

scientific article published on March 2014

Psychiatric comorbidity as predictor of costs in back pain patients undergoing disc surgery: a longitudinal observational study

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Public attitudes towards prevention of obesity

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Review: health care utilization and costs of elderly persons with multiple chronic conditions

scientific article published on August 2011

Risk of dementia in elderly patients with the use of proton pump inhibitors

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Risk of dementia in older adults with low versus high occupation-based motivational processes: differential impact of frequency and proximity of social network

scientific article published on 26 November 2014

Service Utilization and Health-Care Costs in the Advanced Elderly

scientific article published on 18 December 2007

Social relations and depression in late life-a systematic review

scientific article published on 29 May 2013

Systematic review of the effect of the psychosocial working environment on cognition and dementia.

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The German MultiCare-study: Patterns of multimorbidity in primary health care - protocol of a prospective cohort study

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The German version of the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly (CANE): evaluation of content validity and adaptation to the German-speaking context

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The assessment of changes in cognitive functioning in the elderly: age- and education-specific reliable change indices for the SIDAM.

scientific article published on 9 March 2012

The assessment of changes in cognitive functioning: age-, education-, and gender-specific reliable change indices for older adults tested on the CERAD-NP battery: results of the German Study on Ageing, Cognition, and Dementia in Primary Care Patient

scientific article published in January 2012

The assessment of changes in cognitive functioning: reliable change indices for neuropsychological instruments in the elderly - a systematic review

scientific article published on 07 April 2010

The association of BMI and social distance towards obese individuals is mediated by sympathy and understanding

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The costs of dementia from the societal perspective: is care provided in the community really cheaper than nursing home care?

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The costs of depression and the cost-effectiveness of treatment

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The course of depression and anxiety in patients undergoing disc surgery: a longitudinal observational study

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The impact of psychiatric comorbidity on the return to work in patients undergoing herniated disc surgery

scientific article published in March 2011

The relationship between social integration and depression in non-demented primary care patients aged 75 years and older

scientific article published on 5 August 2012

The role of spousal loss in the development of depressive symptoms in the elderly - implications for diagnostic systems

scientific article published on 11 March 2014

The stigma of obesity in the general public and its implications for public health - a systematic review

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Time until institutionalization in incident dementia cases--results of the Leipzig Longitudinal Study of the Aged (LEILA 75+).

scientific article published on 21 July 2008

Weight stigma "gets under the skin"-evidence for an adapted psychological mediation framework: a systematic review.

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[Barriers and Opportunities for Optimized Treatment of Late Life Depression].

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[Depression in late-Life - Substantial Public Health Impact.]

scientific article published on 10 December 2014

[Gender-specific predictors of institutionalisation in the elderly--results of the Leipzig longitudinal study of the aged (LEILA 75+)].

scientific article published on 4 August 2010

[Psychiatric epidemiology in Germany]

scientific article published on 01 September 2004

[Which integrative and disorder specific treatment approaches are considered in research papers? An analysis on psychotherapeutic treatments in German journals]

scientific article published on 01 December 2007