Hospitalization's association with depression in adults over 50 years old: does living arrangement matter? Findings from the Health and Retirement Study.
Aging Ment Health
; 27(9): 1684-1691, 2023.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVES:
To examine how living arrangements are associated with depressive symptoms in late middle-life and older adults following hospitalization within the last two years.DESIGN:
We used the 2016 wave of the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative survey of adults over 50 years old living in the United States.METHODS:
The dependent variable was whether HRS participants screened positive for having depressive symptoms. The primary independent variable was self-reported hospitalization in the prior two years. We stratified bivariate analyses and multivariate logistic regressions by living arrangement to examine hospitalizations' association with depressive symptoms.RESULTS:
Depressive symptoms were less prevalent among participants who were married or partnered and living with a partner (14.0%) compared to those who were not married or partnered and were living with others (31.7%) and were not married or partnered and were living alone (27.8%). In multivariate analyses stratified by living arrangement, however, hospitalization was associated with depressive symptoms for those married or partnered and living with a partner (OR = 1.39, 95% CI 1.14-1.69) but not for those who were not married and living with other(s) (OR = 0.88, 95% CI 0.65-1.18) and not married or partnered and living alone (OR = 1.06, 95% CI 0.82-1.36).CONCLUSIONS:
Late middle-life and older adults residing with spouses or cohabitating appear at risk for having depressive symptoms following a hospitalization. A better understanding of how relationships and living arrangements may affect depression risk in the context of an acute medical illness is needed to identify points of intervention.Palabras clave
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Jubilación
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Depresión
Tipo de estudio:
Diagnostic_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Aged
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Humans
País como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Año:
2023
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Article