Longitudinal associations between cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms among couples in the Mexican Health and Aging Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine the bidirectional associations between older adult spouses' cognitive functioning and depressive symptoms over time and replicate previous findings from the United States (US) in Mexico.

Design

Longitudinal, dyadic path analysis with the actor-partner interdependence model.

Setting

Data were from the three most recent interview waves (2012, 2015, and 2018) of the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS), a longitudinal national study of adults aged 50+ years in Mexico.

Participants

Husbands and wives from 905 community-dwelling married couples (N = 1,810).

Measurements

The MHAS cognitive battery measured cognitive function. Depressive symptoms were assessed using a modified nine-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Ba

SUBMITTER: Monin JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10319915 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature