Pre-pandemic trajectories of depressive symptomatology and their relation to depression during the COVID-19 pandemic: longitudinal study of English older people.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the COVID-19 pandemic has affected depression, evidence of the role of pre-pandemic history of depression remains limited.

Aims

We investigated how long-term trajectories of depressive symptomatology before the COVID-19 pandemic were related to depression during the pandemic, over and above the latest pre-pandemic depression status. Furthermore, we examined whether those experiencing depression closer to the pandemic were at higher risk during the pandemic.

Method

Employing data from waves 4-9 of the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (2008-2009 to 2018-2019), we used group-based trajectory modelling on 3925 English older adults aged 50+ years to identify distinctive trajectories of elevated depressive symptoms (EDS). Fully adjusted logistic mode

SUBMITTER: Zhu J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10594224 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature