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| The relationship between self-rated health and depressive symptoms in an epidemiological sample of community-dwelling older adults | | Author(s) | Benoit H Mulsant, Mary Ganguli, Eric C Seaberg |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 45, no 8, August 1997 |
| Pages | pp 954-958 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Symptoms ; Health [elderly] ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study of a random sample of 880 people aged 65 and over is part of the Monongahela Valley Independent Elders Survey (MoVIES project), and concerns the association between depression and self-rated general health, independent of demographics, functional disability, physical illness burden, and health service use. Univariate analyses indicated that poorer self-rated health was associated with less education, higher numbers of depressive symptoms, impaired instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), prescription medications, physician visits, hospitalisations, and affected organ systems, and with the presence of several specific conditions. However, multiple logistic regression analyses revealed that only the following variables were associated independently with poorer self-rated health: age less than 75 years, education less than completing high school, greater numbers of depressive symptoms, impaired IADLs, prescription medications, and physician visits. Even when controlling for physical illness and functional disability, subjective rating of overall health remains strongly and independently associated with depressive symptoms. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981026003 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CT: CC: K4: 49: 7T |
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