Longitudinal associations between having an adult child migrant and depressive symptoms among older adults in the Mexican Health and Aging Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Migration may impact the mental health of family members who remain in places of origin. We examined longitudinal associations between having an adult child migrant and mental health, for middle-aged and older Mexican adults accounting for complex time-varying confounding.

Methods

Mexican Health and Aging Study cohort (N = 11 806) respondents ≥50 years completed a 9-item past-week depressive symptoms scale; scores of ≥5 reflected elevated depressive symptoms. Expected risk differences (RD) for elevated depressive symptoms at each wave due to having at least one (versus no) adult child migrant in the US or in another Mexican city were estimated with longitudinal targeted maximum likelihood estimation.

Results

Women with at least one adult child in the US had

SUBMITTER: Torres JM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6208273 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature