Journal
INTERNATIONAL PSYCHOGERIATRICS
Volume 22, Issue 8, Pages 1240-1247Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1041610210001523
Keywords
indicated prevention; depression; subsyndromal; minority; risk factors
Funding
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation [T32 MH19986]
- National Institutes of Health [P60 MD 000207, P30 MH071944]
- John A. Hartford Center of Excellence in Geriatric Psychiatry
- University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC)
- Staunton Farms Foundation
- Kellogg Health Scholars Program [P0117943]
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Department of Health
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Background: To compare the frequencies of risk factors, we describe risks for depression as a function of race among consecutively admitted participants in a randomized clinical trial of indicated depression prevention in later life. Methods: Seventy-two black and 143 white participants were screened for risk factors for depression. Results: Black participants were more likely to have fewer years of education and lower household income. They were more likely to be obese, live alone, experience functional disability, have a history of alcohol and drug abuse, and have lower scores on the Mini-mental State Examination and the Executive Interview (EXIT). White participants were not found to have greater prevalence or higher mean score on any risk factor. On average, black participants experienced approximately one more risk factor than white participants (t(213) = 3.32, p = 0.0011). Conclusions: In our sample, black participants had higher frequencies of eight risk factors for depression and a greater mean number of risk factors compared to white participants.
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