Association of perceived discrimination with the risk of depression among US older adults: A prospective population-based cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Association between perceived discrimination and depression has been demonstrated in some sources of discrimination, such as age, sex, and race. However, the effects of perceived discrimination both in any domain and each domain on development of depression are still unclear. We aimed to estimate the association of any and each domain of perceived discrimination with the risk of depression among US older adults.

Methods

We did a population-based cohort study using eight waves (from 2006 to 2020) of data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), a nationally representative study of US older adults aged 51 years and above. Perceived discrimination was measured by the shortened 5-item version of Williams' discrimination scale, including five domains (less courtesy, servi

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10788503 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature