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| Prediction of the presence and stability of depression in the Great Lakes native American elderly | | Author(s) | Kim J Curyto, Elizabeth E Chapleski, Peter A Lichtenberg |
| Journal title | Journal of Mental Health and Aging, vol 5, no 4, Winter 1999 |
| Pages | pp 323-340 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Mobility ; Self care capacity ; Native Americans ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | There is a paucity of research on depression among older Native Americans. This study examined depression in a longitudinal study of 204 older Great Lakes Native Americans aged 55 years and older who were interviewed both at baseline and 18 to 24 months later. At time 1, 20% had at least one activities of daily living (ADL) limitation, 28% had at least one instrumental ADL (IADL) limitation, and the mean number of chronic medical diseases was 1.60. Examination of the prevalence of depression showed that 16.5% of the sample at time 1 and 19% of the sample at time 2 were depressed. Subjects were identified categorically as having been depressed at both times, at time 1 but not time 2, at time 2 but not time 1, or never having been depressed. Significant differences were found between the never depressed and the other groups for functional ability and comorbid medical illness, indicating that physical and medical limitations were related to increased levels of depressive symptomatology. Also, poor medical functioning and limitations in ADLs and IADLs were predictive of those who developed depression later on. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-000120205 A |
| Classmark | ENR: C4: CA: TKH: 7T |
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