Predictors of depression among the elderly: racial differences over time.
Depressive symptomatology and correlates of depression were compared in 600 white and 600 black elderly people over a period of 18 months. Overall, factors associated with depression were found to be similar for both groups. They included prior depression; social and medical stressors; poor ego; and social networks that were small, with which contact was infrequent, and from which emotional support was lacking. Implications for intervention are offered.
Husaini
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Center for Health Research, Tennessee State University, Nashville, USA.
D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D015995:Prevalence; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012307:Risk Factors; D012494:Sampling Studies; D012944:Social Support; D013312:Stress, Physiological / Q000453:epidemiology; D013714:Tennessee / Q000453:epidemiology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology*