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| Depressive symptoms among older adults in urban and rural areas | | Author(s) | Philip D St John, Audrey A Blandford, Laurel A Strain |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 21, no 12, December 2006 |
| Pages | pp 1175-1180 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Symptoms ; Evaluation ; Urban areas ; Rural areas ; Comparison ; Canada. |
| Annotation | In a cross-sectional study of cognitively intact people living in the community in Manitoba, Canada, the aim was to determine whether there are any differences in depressive symptoms between residents of urban areas, small towns and predominantly rural regions. Measures included age, gender, education, living arrangements, number of people providing companionship, perceived adequacy of income, functional impairment, self-rated health and Center for Epidemiologic Studies - Depression (CES-D) scale. In the total sample of 1382, 11.5% exhibited depressive symptoms: 11.6% in urban areas (n=844), 14% in small town zones (n=250) and 9% in predominantly rural areas (n=288). No rural-urban differences were seen in multivariate models. In predominantly rural areas, living alone, perceiving one's income as inadequate, and having functional impairment were associated with depressive symptoms. The only significant factor in small town zones was poorer self-rated health, whereas in urban areas, poorer self-rated health, functional impairment and fewer people providing companionship were significantly related to depressive symptoms. While no rural-urban differences were observed, the factors associated with depressive symptoms varied by setting. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-070131212 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CT: 4C: RK: RL: 48: 7S |
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