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| The influence of health, social support quality and rehabilitation on depression among disabled elders | | Author(s) | A Horowitz, J P Reinhardt, K Boerner |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 7, no 5, September 2003 |
| Pages | pp 342-350 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Visual impairment ; Depression ; Health [elderly] ; Informal care ; Rehabilitation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Participants were 95 visually impaired older Americans (age 65+) seeking visual rehabilitation services, who were interviewed at application and some 2 years later. Hierarchical regression analyses focused first on concurrent relationships at baseline, and then used baseline health and social support variables, along with indicators of change in vision and use of rehabilitation services, in order to predict change in depression over time. Findings indicate that being unmarried, in poorer health, having lower quality of relationships with family, and lower stability in friendships were significant independent risk factors for initial depression, explaining 50% of the variance. Decline in depression over time was predicted by younger age, better self-rated health, stability of friendships, and use of rehabilitation services that, along with baseline depression, explained 61% of variance in depressive symptomatology at 2-year follow-up. The importance of qualitative aspects of social support for older disabled people is highlighted, as is the distinction that needs to be made between factors predicting concurrent mental health status and those predicting change in status over time. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-031007231 A |
| Classmark | BR: ENR: CC: P6: LM: 7T |
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