Public assistance program and depressive symptoms of the recipient: a cross-sectional Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Mental health conditions among older recipients of public assistance should be considered because it has been reported that public assistance recipients tend to have higher risks of morbidity than non-recipients, and mental health is strongly related to frailty. We aimed to examine whether older recipients of public assistance were more likely to have depressive symptoms compared to non-recipients.

Methods

Data were obtained from the Japan Gerontological Evaluation Study, a 2016 community-based study of older adults. Poisson regression analyses with a robust error variance using fixed effects were conducted to examine the relationship between receiving public assistance and depressive symptoms controlling for sociodemographic factors. Depressive symptoms were asse

SUBMITTER: Kino S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8890952 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature