Association between Depressive Symptoms, Multiple Dimensions of Depression, and Elder Abuse

Susan K. Roepke-Buehler; Melissa Simon; Xinqi Dong

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Association between Depressive Symptoms, Multiple Dimensions of Depression, and Elder Abuse

Susan K. Roepke-Buehler, Melissa Simon, Xinqi Dong^*

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Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Abstract

Objective: Depression is conceptualized as both a risk factor for and a consequence of elder abuse; however, current research is equivocal. This study examined associations between elder abuse and dimensions of depressive symptoms in older adults. Method: Participants were 10,419 older adults enrolled in theChicago Health and Aging Project (CHAP), a population-based study of older adults. Regression was used to determine the relationships between depressive symptoms, depression dimensions, and abuse variables. Results: Depressive symptoms were consistently associated with elder abuse. Participants in the highest tertile of depressive symptoms were twice as likely to have confirmed abuse with a perpetrator (odds ratio = 2.07, 95% confidence interval = [1.21, 3.52], p =.008). Elder abuse subtypes and depression dimensions were differentially associated. Discussion: These findings highlight the importance of routine depression screening in older adults as a component of abuse prevention and intervention. They also provide profiles of depressive symptoms that may more accurately characterize risk for specific types of abuse.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1003-1025
Number of pages	23
Journal	Journal of aging and health
Volume	27
Issue number	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264315571106
State	Published - Oct 1 2015

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The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr. Dong and Dr. Simon were supported by National Institute on Aging grant (R01 AG042318, R01 MD006173, R01 CA163830, R34MH100443, R34MH100393, P20CA165588, R24MD001650, and RC4 AG039085), Paul B. Beeson Award in Aging, the Starr Foundation, American Federation for Aging Research, John A. Hartford Foundation, and the Atlantic Philanthropies.

Keywords

depression
depressive symptoms
elder abuse
population study
self-neglect

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Health(social science)
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Sociology and Political Science

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