Gender differential in social and economic predictors of incident major depressive disorder in the Ibadan Study of Ageing.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

Working on the hypothesis that the social and economic factors associated with onset of late-life depression operate differently for men and women, we investigated the impact of current social relationships and lifetime occupational attainment on incident major depressive disorder (MDD) assessed in three follow-up waves over a period of 5 years.

Methods

Participants were part of a household multistage probability sample of 2149 Nigerians who were aged 65 years and above. The presence of current and lifetime MDD was assessed using the World Health Organization (WHO) Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Participants' highest occupational attainment was categorised based on the International Standard Classification of Occupations, while socio-economic positions

SUBMITTER: Ojagbemi A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5862933 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature