Depression, food insecurity and diabetic morbidity: Evidence from the Health and Retirement Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

This study examined whether diabetic morbidity mediates the relationship of food insecurity with depression among older adults with diabetes.

Methods

Data came from the 2010-2014 waves of the Health and Retirement Study and analyses were limited to respondents with diabetes (n = 2951). Depression was indexed by the 8-item Centers for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Weighted logistic regression was used to examine relationships of food insecurity and diabetic morbidity with depressive symptoms, both cross-sectionally and longitudinally. Path analysis quantified the contribution of diabetic morbidity as a mediation of the relationship of food insecurity with depressive symptoms.

Results

Food insecurity was associated with having poor diabetes control (

SUBMITTER: Bergmans RS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6467465 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature