TY - JOUR
T1 - Race-related differences in depression onset and recovery in older persons over time: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study
AU - Barry, L.C.
AU - Thorpe, R.J.
AU - Penninx, B.W.J.H.
AU - Yaffe, K.
AU - Wakefield, D.
AU - Ayonayon, H.N.
AU - Satterfield, S.
AU - Newman, A.B.
AU - Simonsick, E.M.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Objectives: To evaluate race-related differences in depression onset and recovery in older persons, overall and by sex, and examine race-related differences in mortality according to depression. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: General community in pre-designated zip code areas in Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Participants: 3,075 persons aged 70-79 years at baseline in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. Measurements: Depression was assessed at eight time points over 10 years using the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic StudieseDepression scale; patients were categorized as nondepressed (score less than 8) or depressed (score of 8 or higher). We created variables for transitions across each 18-month time interval, namely, from nondepressed or depressed to nondepressed, depressed, or death, and determined the association between race and the average likelihood of these transitions over time. Results: A higher percentage of blacks than whites were depressed at nearly all time points. Adjusting for demographics, common chronic conditions, and body mass index, blacks had a higher likelihood of experiencing depression onset than whites (odds ratio [OR]: 1.22; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.03-1.43); among men, blacks were more likely to experience depression onset than whites (OR: 1.44; 95% CI: 1.24-2.89). Blacks also had a higher likelihood of transitioning from nondepressed to death (OR: 1.79; 95% CI: 1.30-2.46). Overall and in sex-stratified analyses, race was not associated with recovery from depression or with the transition from depression to death. Conclusion: Our findings highlight race differences in depression in older persons and encourage further research on the course of depression in older black patients. © 2014 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
AB - Objectives: To evaluate race-related differences in depression onset and recovery in older persons, overall and by sex, and examine race-related differences in mortality according to depression. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: General community in pre-designated zip code areas in Memphis, Tennessee, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Participants: 3,075 persons aged 70-79 years at baseline in the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. Measurements: Depression was assessed at eight time points over 10 years using the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic StudieseDepression scale; patients were categorized as nondepressed (score less than 8) or depressed (score of 8 or higher). We created variables for transitions across each 18-month time interval, namely, from nondepressed or depressed to nondepressed, depressed, or death, and determined the association between race and the average likelihood of these transitions over time. Results: A higher percentage of blacks than whites were depressed at nearly all time points. Adjusting for demographics, common chronic conditions, and body mass index, blacks had a higher likelihood of experiencing depression onset than whites (odds ratio [OR]: 1.22; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.03-1.43); among men, blacks were more likely to experience depression onset than whites (OR: 1.44; 95% CI: 1.24-2.89). Blacks also had a higher likelihood of transitioning from nondepressed to death (OR: 1.79; 95% CI: 1.30-2.46). Overall and in sex-stratified analyses, race was not associated with recovery from depression or with the transition from depression to death. Conclusion: Our findings highlight race differences in depression in older persons and encourage further research on the course of depression in older black patients. © 2014 American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry.
U2 - 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.09.001
DO - 10.1016/j.jagp.2013.09.001
M3 - Article
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 22
SP - 682
EP - 691
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 7
ER -