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  1. Postgraduate School in Geriatrics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
  2. Drs Aloisi and Marengoni contributed equally to this article.
  3. Department of Clinical and Experimental Sciences, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
  4. Drs Aloisi and Marengoni contributed equally to this article.
  5. Department of Rehabilitation and Aged Care, “Fondazione Camplani” Hospital, Cremona, Italy
  6. Postgraduate School in Geriatrics, University of Brescia, Brescia, Italy
  7. Corresponding author: Alberto Zucchelli, MD, Postgraduate School in Geriatrics, University of Brescia, Viale Europa, 11–25123
  8. Geriatrics, Geriatric emergency care, Center for research on aging, IRCCS-INRCA, Ancona, Italy
  9. Research Unit of Medicine of Ageing, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence and University Hospital Careggi, Firenze, Italy
  10. Section of Geriatrics, City Health and Science—Molinette, Torino, Italy
  11. Department of Clinical and Behavioral Neurology, Neuropsychiatry Laboratory, IRCCS Foundation S Lucia, Roma, Italy
  12. Redaelli Geriatric Institute, Milan, Italy
  13. Italian Psychogeriatric Association, Italy
  14. Institute for Advanced Studies (IUSS-Pavia), Pavia, Italy
  15. IRCCS Istituto Centro San Giovanni di Dio Fatebenefratelli, Brescia, Italy
  16. Italian Society for Hospital and Community Geriatrics and Unit of Geriatrics, Cosenza Hospital, Cosenza, Italy
  17. Department of Geriatrics, Campus Bio-Medico University of Rome, Rome, Italy
  18. Italian Society of Gerontology and Geriatrics, Italy
  19. Center for Cognitive Diseases and Dementias, Catanzaro Lido, ASP Catanzaro, Italy and Extrahospital Geriatric Association (AGE), Catanzaro, Italy
  20. Italian Society of Internal Medicine (SIMI)
  21. Federazione Italiana delle Associazioni Dirigenti Ospedalieri Internisti (FADOI)
  22. Humanitas Clinical and Research Center—IRCCS, Rozzano (MI), Italy
  23. Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Emergency, Spedali Civili University Hospital, Brescia, Italy
  24. Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
  25. Department of Statistics and Quantitative Methods, University Milano-Bicocca, Milan, Italy
  26. The names of all members of the Italian Study Group on Depression are listed in Appendix 1.