Depressive Symptomatology in Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples: A Dyadic Analysis

Townsend, Aloen L.; Miller, Baila; Guo, Shenyang

doi:10.1093/geronb/56.6.s352

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“…Townsend et al also found out that being married is protective against the development of depressive symptoms. 23 Bulloch et al, Akhtar et al, Kessler et al also implicated that married persons will be able to cop up with emotional stressors than non-married couples. 19,24,25 Smoking and Alcoholism were the habitual factors studied in the present study.…”

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Prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals in urban Trivandrum: a cross sectional study

Prathibha

Varghese

Dev

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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Background: People with chronic diseases are more likely to have depression than those without any physical illness. Lack of adherence to treatment, poor compliance to life style modification therapy and lost to follow up are major concerns raised in the management of hypertension among subjects with co-morbid depression. Hence it is very important to explore the epidemiology of depression among hypertensives. Methods: The study was conducted in Medical College health unit area of urban Trivandrum as a cross sectional survey among adults >18 years who were diagnosed to have hypertension. The subjects were interviewed using a semi structured questionnaire to collect the socio-demographic variables and the 9 item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ 9) to capture depression. Data from a sample of 432 hypertensive individuals collected were analyzed and Chi square, t test, was done to find the associated factors. Results: Mean age of the study subjects was 62.47 years. Among the study subjects the blood pressure was under control among only 33.8% of the study population. The prevalence of depression was found to be 33.3% (144) with 95% C.I (27.98-39.14). Gender, Socio economic status, marital status, low educational status, regular physical activity, duration of hypertension, uncontrolled BP, were found to be significantly associated with depression. Conclusions: The prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals is high in this study population. Adequate control of BP along with awareness among primary care physicians in identifying those with hypertension and co-morbid depression is essential.

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confidence: 99%

Prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals in urban Trivandrum: a cross sectional study

Prathibha

Varghese

Dev

et al. 2017

Int J Community Med Public Health

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“…In addition, older couples share a long history of joint experiences typically originating from several decades of life [7,40] . Figure 1 illustrates past research which points to spousal similarities and interrelations in cognitive functioning [41][42][43] , well-being, and health [29,44,45] .…”

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“…Consequently, a considerable body of research addresses emotional experiences in partnerships [for an overview, see 10 ]. Several large-scale studies point to spousal interrelations in well-being and depression in old age [45,[65][66][67][68] ( fig. 1 ).…”

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Spousal Interrelations in Old Age – A Mini-Review

2009

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We review findings on spousal interrelations in old age in such key domains as cognition, well-being, and health. Therein, we demonstrate that spousal interrelations may extend developmental options but may also make an individual vulnerable to the experience of loss. We address theoretical questions concerning possible underlying mechanisms, e.g. individual and spousal goal-related processes. Furthermore, we draw attention to important methodological challenges such as identifying processes that operate along different time scales and employing adequate data analytic tools. We propose that aging research may benefit from an examination of interrelations in developmental pathways of multiple co-developing individuals such as spouses and point to the need to disentangle individual from relationship-specific effects.

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“…Researchers have found the well-being of one member of the care dyad to be significantly associated with the well-being of the other member (Bookwala & Schulz, 1996;Lyons, Zarit, Sayer, & Whitlatch, 2002;Townsend, Miller, & Guo, 2001). Recently, family care research has moved towards a greater emphasis on the interactive and dynamic processes of the care situation.…”

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The enduring and contextual effects of physical health and depression on care‐dyad mutuality

Lyons

Sayer

Archbold

et al. 2007

Research in Nursing & Health

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Mutuality is a protective factor in family care situations, but little is known about changes in care-dyad mutuality. In this study, we examined mutuality in 103 care dyads over 20 months, and the enduring and contextual impact of older adult and family caregiver health on changes in mutuality. Care dyads consisted of frail older adults and their family caregiver. Older adults reported higher levels of mutuality than family caregivers, but their mutuality declined significantly faster over time. Although changes in physical health were more important than mean health for both older adults and family caregivers, mean depression was more important than changes in depression for older adults. This study shows the importance of examining time-varying covariates in the care dyad. ß

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Depressive Symptomatology in Middle-Aged and Older Married Couples: A Dyadic Analysis

Cited by 115 publications

References 75 publications

Prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals in urban Trivandrum: a cross sectional study

Prevalence of depression among hypertensive individuals in urban Trivandrum: a cross sectional study

Spousal Interrelations in Old Age – A Mini-Review

The enduring and contextual effects of physical health and depression on care‐dyad mutuality

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