Prevalence of depressive symptoms and its associated factors among healthy community‐dwelling older adults living in Australia and the United States
Why the study?
Prevalence rates and factors associated with depressive symptoms, as well as the validity of the CES-D-10, needed to be evaluated in community-dwelling healthy older adults from Australia and the United States.
What is the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among healthy community-dwelling older adults in Australia and the United States?
Population
19 114 community-dwelling healthy adults aged greater than or equal to 65 years old from Australia and the United States
Design
Cross-sectional analysis of participants enrolled from a primary prevention clinical trial
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Implication
Low prevalence (~5-10%) of depressive symptoms in healthy older adults supports CES-D-10 screening; leaves open need for outcome-linked trials.
Structured PICO
What is the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among healthy community-dwelling older adults in Australia and the United States?
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Population
19,114 community-dwelling healthy older adults aged ≥65 years from Australia and the United States, enrolled from a primary prevention clinical trial.
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Outcome
Prevalence of depressive symptoms indexed by the Centre for Epidemiological Studies-Depression (CES-D-10) score ≥8 and ≥10patient reported
Depressive symptoms are prevalent among healthy community-dwelling older adults, with higher rates observed in women, those with lower education, living alone, ethnic minorities, current smokers, and former alcohol users.
Cite This Study
Mohebbi et al. (2019) studied this question.