Depressive symptoms and receipt of pensions: a cross-sectional analysis of the ELSI-Brazil study
Ana Paula Goulart de Freitas,
Klaide Lopes de Sena,
Jôsi Fernandes de Castro Rodrigues
Abstract:Objective To investigate association between depressive symptoms and receipt of retirement pensions or other pensions in the Brazilian population aged 50 years or older. Method This was a cross-sectional study with participants from the baseline (2015-2016) of the Longitudinal Study of the Health of Elderly Brazilians. Depressive symptoms were measured by the eight-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale. Prevalence ratios (PR) were obtained by Poisson regression. Results Among the total 8,469… Show more
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