洛杉矶南部经济弱势非裔美国老年人的抑郁症状
Depressive Symptoms among Economically Disadvantaged African American Older Adults in South Los Angeles.
作者信息
Evans Meghan C, Cobb Sharon, Smith James, Bazargan Mohsen, Assari Shervin
机构信息
Department of Family Medicine, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
School of Nursing, Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
出版信息
Brain Sci. 2019 Sep 22;9(10):246. doi: 10.3390/brainsci9100246.
BACKGROUND
Although social, behavioral, and health factors correlate with depressive symptoms, less is known about these links among economically disadvantaged African American (AA) older adults.
OBJECTIVE
To study social, behavioral, and health correlates of depressive symptoms among economically disadvantaged AA older adults.
METHODS
This survey was conducted in South Los Angeles between 2015 and 2018. A total number of 740 AA older adults (age ≥55 years) were entered to this study. Independent variables were gender, age, educational attainment, financial difficulties, living alone, marital status, smoking, drinking, chronic medical conditions (CMCs), and pain intensity. The dependent variable was depressive symptoms. Linear regression model was used to analyze the data.
RESULTS
Age, financial difficulties, smoking, CMCs, and pain intensity were associated with depressive symptoms. Gender, educational attainment, living arrangement, marital status, and drinking were not associated with depressive symptoms.
CONCLUSION
Factors such as age, financial difficulties, smoking, CMCs, and pain may inform programs that wish to screen high risk economically disadvantaged AA older adults for depressive symptoms.
背景
尽管社会、行为和健康因素与抑郁症状相关，但对于经济上处于不利地位的非裔美国（AA）老年人之间的这些联系了解较少。
目的
研究经济上处于不利地位的非裔美国老年人抑郁症状的社会、行为和健康相关性。
方法
这项调查于2015年至2018年在洛杉矶南部进行。共有740名年龄≥55岁的非裔美国老年人参与了本研究。自变量为性别、年龄、教育程度、经济困难、独居、婚姻状况、吸烟、饮酒、慢性疾病（CMCs）和疼痛强度。因变量为抑郁症状。采用线性回归模型分析数据。
结果
年龄、经济困难、吸烟、慢性疾病和疼痛强度与抑郁症状相关。性别、教育程度、居住安排、婚姻状况和饮酒与抑郁症状无关。
结论
年龄、经济困难、吸烟、慢性疾病和疼痛等因素可能为希望筛查经济上处于不利地位的高风险非裔美国老年人抑郁症状的项目提供参考。
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