Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, USA.
Department of Neurology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.
Aging Ment Health. 2021 Oct;25(10):1796-1802. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2020.1768217. Epub 2020 May 19.
Apathy symptoms are common in healthy older adults and may manifest independently of depressive symptoms. Perceived social support is considered a protective factor against adverse health outcomes in aging. We investigated the differential associations of apathy and depressive symptoms with perceived social support in older adults.
The sample ( = 295) included community dwelling healthy older adults. Apathy was assessed with the Apathy Evaluation Scale, depression with the Geriatric Depression Scale, and perceived social support with the Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey.
Fully adjusted multiple linear regression revealed that, when jointly modeled as predictors, both apathy (standardized β= -0.214 <.05) and depressive symptoms (standardized β= -0.157 <.05) had significant negative associations with perceived social support.
We provide the first evidence that apathy and depressive symptoms have independent associations with perceived social support in older adults.
冷漠症状在健康的老年人中很常见，并且可能与抑郁症状无关。感知到的社会支持被认为是衰老过程中对不良健康结果的保护因素。我们调查了冷漠和抑郁症状与老年人感知到的社会支持之间的差异关联。
样本（ = 295）包括居住在社区中的健康老年人。使用冷漠评估量表评估冷漠，使用老年抑郁量表评估抑郁，使用医疗结局研究-社会支持调查评估感知到的社会支持。
完全调整后的多元线性回归显示，当作为预测因素联合建模时，冷漠（标准化β= -0.214 <.05）和抑郁症状（标准化β= -0.157 <.05）与感知到的社会支持呈显著负相关。
我们首次提供了证据表明，冷漠和抑郁症状与老年人感知到的社会支持具有独立的关联。
