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Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors among healthy community-dwelling older adults living in Australia and the United States
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Mohebbi, M and Agustini, B and Woods, RL and McNeil, JJ and Nelson, MR and Shah, RC and Nguyen, V and Storey, E and Murray, AM and Reid, CM and Kirpach, B and Wolfe, R and Lockery, JE and Berk, M, on behalf of the ASPREE Investigator Group, Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors among healthy community-dwelling older adults living in Australia and the United States, International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, 34, (8) pp. 1208-1216. ISSN 0885-6230 (2019) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2019 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
DOI: doi:10.1002/gps.5119
Abstract
Methods: A total of 19 114 individuals aged greater than or equal to 65 years old were enrolled from a primary prevention clinical trial. Depressive symptoms were classified using the CES-D-10 score greater than or equal to 8 and greater than or equal to 10. Gender-specific prevalence for subgroups according to sociodemographic characteristics were reported, and factors associated with depressive symptoms were estimated.
Results: The overall prevalence rates of depressive symptoms were 9.8%, 95% CI, 8.5-11.2 and 5.0%, 95% CI, 4.0-6.0, according to the CES-D-10 score greater than or equal to 8 and greater than or equal to 10, respectively. Depressive symptoms were more common in women, individuals with less than 12 years of education, those living alone or in a residential care, ethnic minorities, current smokers, and former alcohol users. Convergent and divergent validities of the CES-D-10 were confirmed by observing strong negative association with the SF-12 mental health component and a modest negative association with SF-12 physical component, respectively.
Conclusions: This study reports the prevalence of depressive symptoms in Australian and US community-dwelling healthy older populations. These findings emphasize the high burden of the condition and factors associated with depressive symptoms, to better inform clinicians and help with early detection and treatment of depression in this age group.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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| Keywords: | CES-D-10, convergent validity, depression, late-life depression, mental disorder, older adults, prevalence |
| Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
| Research Group: | Cardiovascular medicine and haematology |
| Research Field: | Cardiology (incl. cardiovascular diseases) |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Clinical health |
| Objective Field: | Clinical health not elsewhere classified |
| UTAS Author: | Nelson, MR (Professor Mark Nelson) |
| ID Code: | 133059 |
| Year Published: | 2019 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 31 |
| Deposited By: | Menzies Institute for Medical Research |
| Deposited On: | 2019-06-05 |
| Last Modified: | 2022-08-25 |
| Downloads: | 0 |
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