Key result
Medical illness burden and trait neuroticism were independently associated with major depression, depressive symptoms, and psychiatric dysfunction in older primary care patients.
Why the study?
Are medical illness burden and trait neuroticism independently associated with depression in older primary care patients?
Cross-Sectional (n=196)
Are medical illness burden and trait neuroticism independently associated with depression in older primary care patients?
Medical illness burden and trait neuroticism are independently associated with depression and psychiatric dysfunction in older primary care patients.
Should not yet change geriatric depression care; leaves open causal pathways and intervention targets.
OBJECTIVE: The authors tested the hypotheses that medical illness burden is independently associated with depression and that this association is moderated by neuroticism. METHOD: Multiple regression techniques were used to determine the independent associations of medical burden and neuroticism with depression in a group of 196 subjects, 60 years of age and older, recruited from primary care settings. RESULTS: Medical burden and neuroticism were independently associated with major depression, depressive symptoms, and psychiatric dysfunction. CONCLUSIONS: These findings support models in which medical disorders may contribute directly to depression. At the same time, the role of neuroticism in later-life depression warrants further study.
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Lyness et al. (1998) conducted a cross-sectional in Depression (n=196). Medical illness burden and trait neuroticism was evaluated on Major depression, depressive symptoms, and psychiatric dysfunction. Medical illness burden and trait neuroticism were independently associated with major depression, depressive symptoms, and psychiatric dysfunction in older primary care patients.
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