Depressive symptoms in adults in rural and urban regions of Canada: a cross-sectional analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Previous studies on depression in rural areas have yielded conflicting results. Features of rural areas may be conducive or detrimental to mental health. Our objective for this study was to determine if there are rural-urban disparities in depressive symptoms between those living in rural and urban areas of Canada.

Design

We conducted a cross-sectional analysis of a prospective cohort study, which is as representative as possible of the Canadian population-the Tracking Cohort of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. For this cohort, data were collected from 2010 to 2014. Data were analysed and results were obtained in 2020.

Participants

21 241 adults aged 45-85.

Measures

Rurality was grouped as urban (n=11 772); peri-urban (n=2637); mixed (n=2125

SUBMITTER: St John PD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8647394 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature