Predictors of depression among the elderly: racial differences over time

Depressive symptomatology and correlates of depression were compared in 600 white and 600 black elderly people over a period of 18 months. Overall, factors associated with depression were found to be similar for both groups. They included prior depression; social and medical stressors; poor ego; and...

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Published inAmerican journal of orthopsychiatry Vol. 67; no. 1; p. 48
Main Author Husaini, B A
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States 01.01.1997
Subjects
African Americans - psychology
Aged
Cross-Sectional Studies
Depression - epidemiology
Depression - ethnology
European Continental Ancestry Group - psychology
Female
Health Status
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Prevalence
Regression Analysis
Risk Factors
Sampling Studies
Social Support
Stress, Physiological - epidemiology
Tennessee - epidemiology
Tennessee
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Summary:Depressive symptomatology and correlates of depression were compared in 600 white and 600 black elderly people over a period of 18 months. Overall, factors associated with depression were found to be similar for both groups. They included prior depression; social and medical stressors; poor ego; and social networks that were small, with which contact was infrequent, and from which emotional support was lacking. Implications for intervention are offered.
ISSN:0002-9432
DOI:10.1037/h0080210