Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Experienced by Older People: Effects of Time, Hurricane Sandy, and the Great Recession

Pruchno, Rachel; Wilson‐Genderson, Maureen; Heid, Allison R.; Cartwright, Francine

doi:10.1093/geronb/gbaa198

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“…ORANJ BOWL was created to study factors associated with successful aging. In addition to adding to knowledge about successful aging ( Pruchno et al, 2010 , Wilson-Genderson et al, 2017 ), the panel has been used to study the effects of Hurricane Sandy on older people ( Pruchno et al, 2020 , Wilson-Gendeerson et al, 2017 , 2018 ). Participants were recruited using cold calling and list-assisted random-digit-dialing (RDD) procedures.…”

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Change in Loneliness Experienced by Older Men and Women Living Alone and With Others at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

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Cartwright

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Building on theory suggesting that loneliness is distinct from living arrangements, social isolation, and perceived social support, we examined change in loneliness for older people at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Analyzing 14-years of data with multilevel mixed-effects models, we found higher levels of loneliness among people living alone, people more socially isolated, and people with less perceived support. Gender affected changes in loneliness, controlling for social isolation, perceived support, living arrangements, age, education, income, health, and marital status. Women, whether living alone or with others, experienced increases in loneliness; women living alone reported the greatest increase in loneliness. Men living alone reported high levels of loneliness prior to the pandemic, but only a slight increase over time. These analyses, which demonstrate that loneliness changed at the onset of the pandemic as a function of gender and living arrangement identify older people most likely to benefit from intervention.

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Change in Loneliness Experienced by Older Men and Women Living Alone and With Others at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Wilson‐Genderson

Heid²,

Cartwright

et al. 2021

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“…To be sure, there are ground-breaking studies of the psychosocial impacts of wars and social movements as well as economic, environmental, and public health dislocations (e.g. de Jong et al 2001; Doherty and Clayton 2011; Fenwick and Tausig 1994; Hou and Bonanno 2018; Kakaje et al 2021; Paxson et al 2012; Pruchno et al 2021; Tausig and Fenwick 2011; J. B. Turner 1995; Vuolo, Staff, and Mortimer 2012).…”

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The Uneven Stress of Social Change: Disruptions, Disparities, and Mental Health

Moen

2022

Society and Mental Health

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As the COVID-19 pandemic underscores, disparities in stress exposure, vulnerability, and protective resources are often magnified in times of rapid change. I argue that Leonard Pearlin’s integration of life course and stress process frameworks constitutes a useful model for advancing a research agenda on the stressors and corollary mental health impacts of the social disruptions and dislocations defining life in the early twenty-first century. Social changes interrupt life paths and produce potentially stressful circumstances at particular time points in biographies already defined, shaped, and constrained at the intersections of race, class, nativity, age, and gender. Critical for both science and policy development is a mental health research agenda on the nature and consequences of the uneven stresses of social changes as they play out at different life course stages in disparate ways depending on people’s intersecting social locations.

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“…Gaining insight regarding depressive symptom trajectories has important implications for current understanding of the burden of depression among the particular patient populations, potentially guiding preventative treatments and other appropriate interventions. In previous reports, depressive symptom trajectories have been characterized in older adults [ 11 , 12 ], breast cancer patients [ 13 ], and diabetes patients [ 14 ]. However, few such studies have been performed in COPD population.…”

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Determinants of depressive symptom trajectories in self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

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Background The depressive symptom trajectories of COPD individuals and its’ predictors remain to be established. Therefore, this study aimed to explore the trajectories of depressive symptoms and predictors thereof in COPD patients. Methods A total of 1286 individuals over 45 years of age with self-reported COPD were assessed. Depressive symptoms were evaluated using the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale short form, with depressive symptom trajectories being identified via latent class growth analysis. The predictors of depressive symptom trajectories were then identified through multinomial logistic regression. Results Finally, three depressive symptom trajectories were identified: “steadily high”, “consistently moderate”, and “consistently low”. Old age, longer night-time sleep duration, and high BMI were found to be associated with individuals being classified under the “consistently moderate” trajectory. Moreover, participants exhibiting more than two chronic conditions were more likely to be classified under the “consistently moderate” trajectory. Higher education and lower hand grip strength were important predictors of individuals classified in the “steadily high” trajectory. Conclusions To conclude, three depressive symptom trajectories were identified in self-reported COPD individuals. To ensure timely intervention aimed at preventing the worsening of depressive symptom progression among COPD individuals, health-care workers should regular analyze depressive symptoms and provide appropriate interventions when possible.

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Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms Experienced by Older People: Effects of Time, Hurricane Sandy, and the Great Recession

Cited by 7 publications

References 49 publications

Change in Loneliness Experienced by Older Men and Women Living Alone and With Others at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Change in Loneliness Experienced by Older Men and Women Living Alone and With Others at the Onset of the COVID-19 Pandemic

The Uneven Stress of Social Change: Disruptions, Disparities, and Mental Health

Determinants of depressive symptom trajectories in self-reported chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients

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