Stressful Life Events and Depressive Symptoms among the Elderly

Evidence from a Prospective Community Study

Dados Bibliográficos

ID12798475
AutoresThomas A Gla (0000-0003-4399-612X, Harvard University, autor correspondente), Thomas A Glass (Harvard School of Public Health), Stanislav V Kasl (Yale School of Medicine), Lisa F Berkman (Harvard School of Public Health), Lisa Berkman (Harvard University)
Ano1997
Volume9
Fascículo1
Páginas70-89
Data de publicação1997-02-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoJournal of Aging and Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1552-6887 • E-ISSN: 0898-2643
EditoraSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/089826439700900104
PMID10182411
OpenAlexW2121455220
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas15
Referências citadas59

We examined the effect of a series of common stressful life events on change in depressive symptoms among the elderly. The subjects were 1,962 noninstitutionalized people 65 years of age or older from the New Haven EPESE project. Multivariate regression models revealed that 8 of 11 stressful life events examined predicted change in depressive symptoms at follow-up (1985) after controlling for baseline depressive symptoms age, socioeconomic factors, functional status, and chronic conditions. In addition, the total number of stressful life events was significantly associated with higher CES-D depression scores. A dose-response relationship between cumulative life event stress and change in depressive symptoms was also shown. These results suggest that certain common life event stressors may have an impact on mental health, both singly and in combination

Anxiety · Depression (economics · Depressive symptoms · Psychiatry · Clinical Psychology · Health and Well-being Studies · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology