Depression statuses and related predictors in later life: A 10-year follow-up study in Israel

Abstract

The aim of the current study was to investigate the factors associated with depression statuses in a 10-year follow-up of community-dwelling older adults in Israel. Longitudinal data were used from the Israeli sample of the Survey of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe, assessing the depressive symptoms in 1042 respondents, aged 50 or above, . Multinomial logistic regression was used to determine the relationships among explanatory variables and depression statuses (no-depression, intermittent depression, or persistent depression). Some 46.5 % of the participants suffered from intermittent or persistent depression. Five factors were associated with increasing the probability of both intermittent and persistent depression: being female, unemployed, less educated, physically disabled, and in poor health. Five other explanatory variables were associated only with a higher risk for persistent depression: low family income, widowhood, physical inactivity, more than two chronic diseases, and cognitive dysfunction. According to these findings, depression is common among older people in Israel. Low socio-economic status and poor subjective and physical health are significant determinants of depression statuses over time, underlining the importance of taking measures to improve these conditions in order to reduce the risk of depression in old age.

Development and validation of a brief self-assessed wisdom scale

“…Hence, this study used the following wellestablished scales to evaluate the convergent validity of the BSAWS: the Personal Well-being Index (PWI) [66, 67], Rosenberg self-esteem (RSE) scale [68][69][70][71][72][73] and dimensions of the WDS [5,21]. Research also suggests that wisdom is negatively correlated with depression symptoms [2,74,75]. Hence, we used the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) [76][77][78] to evaluate the relationship between depression and the two wisdom scales.…”

Phenomenological contribution to understanding of vocally disruptive behaviour: A clinical case study in a patient with dementia

“…Thus, long‐standing personality traits including also BI may be risk factors or premorbid determinants increasing vulnerability to MT that itself triggers VDB and possibly other BPSD. In short, it may be crucial to take into account a patient's particular life trajectory to better understand BPSD in an individual patient and implement treatment interventions considering the patient in their social immediate and extended environment (see Figure ).…”

“…In short, it may be crucial to take into account a patient's particular life trajectory to better understand BPSD in an individual patient and implement treatment interventions 48 considering the patient in their social immediate and extended environment 49,50 (see Figure 4).…”

Phenomenological Understanding of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia: A Clinical Case Presenting Howls and Shouting. The Melancholic Type and Phenomenology of Separation

“…MT is conceptualized here as a vulnerability, probably underlying to an etiopathogenesis complex (insecure attachment / BI / separation anxiety / social avoidance). Thus, we can explain here a particular life's trajectory, and propose to reinforce depistage and psychological interventions in these cases [48]. Finally, we have to evaluate the patient with his relatives [49,50] to do a best management of the depression in dementia (Figure 4).…”