The cross-sectional and longitudinal association between perceived neighborhood walkability characteristics and depressive symptoms in older latinos: The "¡Caminemos!" study

Rosalba Hernandez; Kiarri N. Kershaw; Thomas R. Prohaska; Pin Chieh Wang; David X. Marquez; Catherine A. Sarkisian

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The cross-sectional and longitudinal association between perceived neighborhood walkability characteristics and depressive symptoms in older latinos: The "¡Caminemos!" study

Rosalba Hernandez^*, Kiarri N. Kershaw, Thomas R. Prohaska, Pin Chieh Wang, David X. Marquez, Catherine A. Sarkisian

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Objective: Evaluate the cross-sectional and longitudinal association between perceived walkability-related neighborhood characteristics (e.g., traffic safety) and depressive symptoms among community-dwelling older Latino adults. Method: We used baseline, 12-month, and 24-month in-person interview data collected from Latinos aged ≥60 years participating in an exercise intervention at 27 senior centers (N = 570). Results: In cross-sectional analyses, lower perceived neighborhood crime, indicative of greater neighborhood walkability, was associated with a lower odds of elevated symptoms of depression (odds ratio [OR] = 0.90; 95% confidence interval [CI] = [0.82, 0.996]; p =.04) after adjusting for demographic characteristics, linguistic acculturation, and medical comorbidities. Associations between Neighborhood Environment Walkability scales and incident depressive symptoms at 12- and/or 24-months were not statistically significant, but the point estimate for crime safety was consistent with cross-sectional findings (OR = 0.83; 95% CI = [0.64, 1.07]; p =.16), suggesting a protective effect for lower perceived neighborhood crime. Discussion: Lower perceived neighborhood crime is associated with reduced presence of elevated symptoms of depression in older Latinos.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	551-568
Number of pages	18
Journal	Journal of aging and health
Volume	27
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264314553211
State	Published - Apr 20 2015

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The authors disclosed receipt of the following financial support for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Research reported in this publication was supported by the National Institute on Aging of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number R01 AG024460-05, P30AG028748 (UCLA Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center), and K24AG047899. University of California, Los Angeles, Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research Center for Health Improvement of Minority Elderly (RCMAR/CHIME) under NIH/NIA Grant P30-AG021684. Rosalba Hernandez was a T32 Post-Doctoral Fellow on NHLBI T32 HL 069771-10 (Daviglus, PI) when initially drafting this manuscript.

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Hispanics/Latinos
depressive symptoms
neighborhood/environment
older adults

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Life-span and Life-course Studies
Sociology and Political Science

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