Associations of Social Relationships with Consultation for Symptoms of Depression: A Community Study of Depression in Older Men and Women in Québec
| Autor: | Maria Victoria Zunzunegui, Micheline Dubé, Samia-Djemaa Mechakra-Tahiri, Michel Préville |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Population behavioral disciplines and activities Sex Factors medicine Humans Elderly people Interpersonal Relations education Psychiatry Referral and Consultation General Psychology Depression (differential diagnoses) Aged Depressive Disorder Depressive Disorder Major Family Characteristics education.field_of_study Marital Status Age Factors Quebec Social Support social sciences Dsm criteria Health Surveys Utilization Review Social relationship Female Psychology Clinical psychology |
| Zdroj: | Psychological Reports. 108:537-552 |
| ISSN: | 1558-691X 0033-2941 |
| DOI: | 10.2466/02.13.15.pr0.108.2.537-552 |
| Popis: | To assess associations between social relationships and consultation for symptoms of depression, data from a representative sample of 2,811 French-speaking community-dwelling older adults in Québec were used. Less than half of the older adults meeting DSM criteria for depression ( N = 379; 47.1%) had sought consultation about their depression-relevant symptoms in the preceding 12 months. Having a cohabitant partner or having children were not associated with frequency of consultation for women. Men without a partner tended to consult more frequently than men with a cohabiting partner (OR = 2.5; 95% CI = 0.81, 7.88). None of the men without a confidant had consulted. Among the 67 men with a confidant, consultation was more frequent among those not cohabiting with a partner (70%) than among those with a cohabiting partner (46%). The influence of social relationships on consultation for depression differed in men and women in this population of depressed elderly people in Québec. |
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