Assessing mood in older adults: a conceptual review of methods and approaches

Brown, Laura J. E.; Astell, Arlene

doi:10.1017/s1041610212000075

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“…Across all age groups, the potential of digital technologies for monitoring and supporting good mental health is increasingly being recognized [13]. For example, there is increasing use of digital tools for ecological momentary assessment or experience sampling of mood [14,15], as well as recording of GPS data to monitor mental health using digital technology [16]. There is also a growing range of mobile apps to suggest and facilitate activities to maintain positive mood, for example, MoodMission [17], Happier [18], and HeadSpace [19].…”

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Older Adults’ Perspectives on Using Digital Technology to Maintain Good Mental Health: Interactive Group Study

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Background A growing number of apps to support good mental health and well-being are available on digital platforms. However, very few studies have examined older adults’ attitudes toward the use of these apps, despite increasing uptake of digital technologies by this demographic. Objective This study sought to explore older adults’ perspectives on technology to support good mental health. Methods A total of 15 older adults aged 50 years or older, in two groups, participated in sessions to explore the use of digital technologies to support mental health. Interactive activities were designed to capture participants’ immediate reactions to apps and websites designed to support mental health and to explore their experiences of using technology for these purposes in their own lives. Template analysis was used to analyze transcripts of the group discussions. Results Older adults were motivated to turn to technology to improve mood through mechanisms of distraction, normalization, and facilitated expression of mental states, while aiming to reduce burden on others. Perceived barriers to use included fear of consequences and the impact of low mood on readiness to engage with technology, as well as a lack of prior knowledge applicable to digital technologies. Participants were aware of websites available to support mental health, but awareness alone did not motivate use. Conclusions Older adults are motivated to use digital technologies to improve their mental health, but barriers remain that developers need to address for this population to access them.

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Older Adults’ Perspectives on Using Digital Technology to Maintain Good Mental Health: Interactive Group Study

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“…Overall, the majority of studies relied on self‐reported measures of depression and anxiety. Such scales are limited as they depend on the older adult’s willingness to perceive and report symptoms accurately and can be influenced by sensory or cognitive deficits (Brown & Astell 2012). No study has examined the impact of cataract surgery on objective outcomes such as health service utilization for depression and anxiety at the population level.…”

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The impact of first eye cataract surgery on mental health contacts for depression and/or anxiety: a population-based study using linked data

Meuleners

Hendrie

Fraser

et al. 2013

Acta Ophthalmologica

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ABSTRACT.Purpose: Cataract is the leading cause of reversible blindness worldwide, and the incidence of cataract surgery is projected to increase as the population ages. Gaining an understanding of the effects of cataract surgery on a range of health outcomes is important for maintaining the health and safety of older adults. Methods: A before and after cohort study was conducted using the Western Australian Hospital Morbidity Data System, Mental Health Information System and the Western Australian Death Registry. Results: Of the 21 110 patients who underwent cataract surgery in one eye only, 295 had mental health contacts for depression and ⁄ or anxiety 1 year before (n = 158) or 1 year after (n = 137) surgery. Results from Poisson generalized estimating equations showed a significant decrease of 18.80% (p £ 0.001) in the number of mental health contacts for depression and ⁄ or anxiety the year after cataract surgery after accounting for potential confounding factors. A 27.46% increase in mental health contacts the year after cataract surgery was reported by women compared with men (95% CI: 1.08-1.50). Those living in remote areas had less contact with mental health services compared with those living in metropolitan areas (adjusted risk ratio 0.62, 95% CI: 0.46-0.84). The corresponding reduction in health care costs for treatment of depression and ⁄ or anxiety was 28%. Conclusion: Further research should be conducted to collect information on the utilization of health care resources not captured in this study, namely community-based services, visits to general practitioners and ⁄ or emergency departments as well as medication usage such as antidepressants.

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“…With regard to the association between age and depressive symptoms among older adults, empirical evidence showed inconsistent findings, ranging from positive (Castro-Costa et al, 2007) to zero (Trollor et al, 2007) to negative effects (Blazer et al, 1991). The varied effects of age on depression might result from various assessment tools for depression (Brown and Astell, 2012), different modelling methods of the age-depression outlines, or cohort differences between different studies (Yang 2007). To determine the impact of age on depression in detail, Buber and Engelhardt (2011) conducted research using representative international data of older populations in Europe.…”

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Association of age with risk of major depression among patients with chronic kidney disease over midlife: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

Chen

Chien

Chen

et al. 2018

Int. Psychogeriatr.

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Background:The impact of age on the development of depression among patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) at stages before dialysis is not well known. We aimed to explore the incidence of major depression among predialysis CKD patients of successively older ages through midlife.Methods:We conducted a retrospective cohort study using the longitudinal health insurance database 2005 in Taiwan. This study investigated 17,889 predialysis CKD patients who were further categorized into study (i.e. middle and old-aged) groups and comparison group aged 18–44. The International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification (ICD-9-CM) was applied for coding diseases.Results:The group aged 75 and over had the lowest (hazard ratio [HR] 0.47; 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.32–0.69) risk of developing major depression, followed by the group aged 65–74 (HR 0.67; 95% CI 0.49–0.92), using the comparison group as reference. The adjusted survival curves showed significant differences in cumulative major depression-free survival between different age groups. We observed that the risk of major depression development decreases with higher age. Females were at a higher risk of major depression than males among predialyasis CKD patients.Conclusions:The incidence of major depression declines with higher age in predialysis CKD patients over midlife. Among all age groups, patients aged 75 and over have the lowest risk of developing major depression. A female preponderance in major depression development is present. We suggest that depression prevention and therapy should be integrated into the standard care for predialysis CKD patients, especially for those young and female.

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Assessing mood in older adults: a conceptual review of methods and approaches

Cited by 51 publications

References 48 publications

Older Adults’ Perspectives on Using Digital Technology to Maintain Good Mental Health: Interactive Group Study

Older Adults’ Perspectives on Using Digital Technology to Maintain Good Mental Health: Interactive Group Study

The impact of first eye cataract surgery on mental health contacts for depression and/or anxiety: a population-based study using linked data

Association of age with risk of major depression among patients with chronic kidney disease over midlife: a nationwide cohort study in Taiwan

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