Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Experienced by Older People: Effects of Time, Hurricane Sandy, and the Great Recession.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine depressive symptom trajectories as a function of time and exposure to Hurricane Sandy, accounting for the effects of the Great Recession.

Methods

We analyzed 6 waves of data from a 12-year panel using latent class growth models and multinomial logistic regression.

Results

We identified 4 groups of people experiencing different trajectories of depressive symptoms. The groups differed on baseline characteristics (gender, age, education, income, race), history of diagnosed depression, and initial level of depressive symptoms. The group with the highest levels of depressive symptoms reported greater levels of peri-traumatic stress exposure to Hurricane Sandy.

Discussion

Depressive symptoms increased as a function of the Great Recession, but ex

SUBMITTER: Pruchno R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8063679 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature