Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

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dc.contributor.authorBromberger, Joyce T.
dc.contributor.authorHarlow, Sioban
dc.contributor.authorAvis, Nancy
dc.contributor.authorKravitz, Howard M.
dc.contributor.authorCordal, Adriana
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:11Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:11Z
dc.date.issued2004
dc.description.abstractObjectives. We examined racial/ethnic differences in significant depressive symptoms among middle-aged women before and after adjustment for socioeconomic, health-related, and psychosocial characteristics. Methods. Racial/ethnic differences in unadjusted and adjusted prevalence of significant depressive symptoms (score ≥16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression [CES-D] Scale) were assessed with univariate and multiple logistic regressions. Results. Twenty-four percent of the sample had a CES-D score of 16 or higher. Unadjusted prevalence varied by race/ethnicity (P<.0001). After adjustment for covariates, racial/ethnic differences overall were no longer significant. Conclusions. Hispanic and African American women had the highest odds, and Chinese and Japanese women had the lowest odds, for a CES D score of 16 or higher. This variation is in part because of health-related and psychosocial factors that are linked to socioeconomic status.
dc.description.urihttps://ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/full/10.2105/AJPH.94.8.1378
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/qt7s-yhet
dc.identifier.citationBromberger, Joyce T. and Harlow, Sioban and Avis, Nancy and Kravitz, Howard M. and Cordal, Adriana (2004) Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN). American Journal of Public Health, 94 (8). pp. 1378-1385.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 982
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22940
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectstudies
dc.subjectracial/ethnic differences
dc.subjectdepressive symptoms
dc.subjectmiddle-aged women
dc.subjectsocioeconomic
dc.subjectpsychosocial characteristics
dc.subjectHispanic and African American women
dc.subjectsocioeconomic status
dc.titleRacial/Ethnic Differences in the Prevalence of Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged Women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
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