When Did Old Age Stop Being Depressing? Depression Trajectories of Older Americans and Britons 2002-2012.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study aims to investigate the implications of the heterogeneous cohort composition on depression trajectories of older adults in the United States and England.

Methods

Using growth curve models to identify depressive symptom trajectories and data spanning six waves over 10 years (2002-2012) from the U.S. Health Retirement Study and the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, community-dwelling Americans and Britons aged 50 years and older were studied. Depressive symptoms were measured using the eight-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale.

Results

The sample included 11,919 respondents (7,095 women [59.53%]) in the United States and 10,606 respondents (5,802 women [54.7%]) in England aged 50 and older. Older cohorts were shown to have hig

SUBMITTER: Tampubolon G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5667578 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature