Pruchno Rachel, Heid Allison R, Wilson-Genderson Maureen
1 Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine, New Jersey Institute for Successful Aging, Stratford, NJ, USA.
2 Temple University School of Public Health, Philadelphia, PA, USA.
Int J Aging Hum Dev. 2017 Mar;84(3):294-312. doi: 10.1177/0091415016671722. Epub 2016 Oct 4.
Historical events and personal experiences have the potential to alter the way people age. Using a life-course model, we examined how the Economic Recession of 2008 and experienced life events affected the mental health of 3,393 older adults in New Jersey. Data collected between 2006 and 2012 revealed a significant increase in mean depressive symptoms. Multinomial logistic regression analyses indicated that people with incident depression were more likely to have lost a job, become a caregiver, experienced a major illness, or have a family member with a major illness than people with no depression. Compared with the incident depression group, those with remitted depression were less likely to report having lost a job or experienced a major illness. Modeling the effects of individual life events and the economic recession on depression enriches understanding about the association between macro socioeconomic events, life events, and the mental health of older adults.
历史事件和个人经历有可能改变人们衰老的方式。我们采用生命历程模型，研究了2008年经济衰退和经历的生活事件如何影响新泽西州3393名老年人的心理健康。2006年至2012年收集的数据显示，平均抑郁症状显著增加。多项逻辑回归分析表明，与未患抑郁症的人相比，患突发性抑郁症的人更有可能失去工作、成为照顾者、经历重大疾病或有家庭成员患有重大疾病。与突发性抑郁症组相比，缓解性抑郁症患者报告失去工作或经历重大疾病的可能性较小。对个体生活事件和经济衰退对抑郁症的影响进行建模，有助于加深对宏观社会经济事件、生活事件与老年人心理健康之间关联的理解。
