Depressive role impairment and subthreshold depression in older black and white women: race differences in the clinical significance criterion.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We examined race differences in the DSM-IV clinical significance criterion (CSC), an indicator of depressive role impairment, and its impact on assessment outcomes in older white and black women with diagnosed and subthreshold depression.

Design

We conducted a secondary analysis of a community-based interview study, using group comparisons and logistic regression.

Setting

Lower-income neighborhoods in a Midwestern city.

Participants

411 community-dwelling depressed and non-depressed women ≥ 65 years (45.3% Black; mean age = 75.2, SD = 7.2) recruited through census tract-based telephone screening.

Measurements

SCID interview for DSM-IV to assess major depression and dysthymia; Center for Epidemiologic Studies-Depression Scale to define subthres

SUBMITTER: Wyman MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7047602 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature