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| Depression in elderly spouse pairs | | Author(s) | Sirkka Liisa Kivelä, Heikki Luukinen, Petteri Viramo |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 10, no 3, September 1998 |
| Pages | pp 329-338 |
| Keywords | Depression ; Married couples ; Husbands ; Wives ; Finland. |
| Annotation | This Finnish study investigated the prevalence of depression in 176 older spouse pairs and the associations between the occurrence of depression in one spouse (respondent) and the variables representing the respondent and his or her partner. Findings showed that both husband and wife were depressed in 5.7% of the married couples. The husband was depressed and the wife was non-depressed in 10.2% of the couples; and the wife was depressed and the husband was non-depressed in 10.8% of the couples. Among male respondents, poor physical health of the respondent, poor marital or family relations felt by the respondent, poor family relations felt by the marital partner, and a loss of the father by the marital partner while the partner was under 20 years of age were independently related to depression. Lowered functional abilities of the respondent was the only factor independently associated with the occurrence of depression in female respondents. The study concluded that the coexistence of depression in both older spouses is not uncommon. The results also give some evidence to suggest that the vulnerability for the development of depression in wives may have some effects in the development of depression in husbands. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-981120407 A |
| Classmark | ENR: SM: SNA: SNW: 76L |
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