Depressive symptoms and self-rated health among Brazilian older adults: baseline data from the ELSI-Brazil study

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dc.contributor.authorIto, Natalia T.
dc.contributor.authorOliveira, Déborah
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Fabricio M. S.
dc.contributor.authorCastro-Costa, Erico
dc.contributor.authorLima-Costa, Maria F.
dc.contributor.authorFerri, Cleusa P.
dc.date.accessioned2024-10-21T12:41:30Z
dc.date.available2024-10-21T12:41:30Z
dc.date.issued2024-04
dc.descriptionIndexación: Scopus
dc.description.abstractOBJECTIVE: To investigate whether having a higher number of depressive symptoms is associated with negative self-rated health (SRH) even in the absence of illness. METHODS: This is a secondary analysis of baseline data from the Brazilian Longitudinal Study of Aging (ELSI-Brazil), conducted in 2015-2016, using a national sample of 9,412 people aged 50 or over. SRH was dichotomized into poor or very poor and very good or excellent, good, or average. Depressive symptoms were assessed through the eight-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D8). Sociodemographic variables, information about unhealthy behaviors, and the number of chronic conditions were also analyzed. RESULTS: Having depressive symptoms was strongly associated with poor or very poor SRH both in the unadjusted and adjusted analyses. The magnitude of the association was reduced when the number of chronic illnesses was included in the multivariate analysis, along with the other sociodemographic variables and unhealthy behaviors (OR 1.35, 95%CI 1.31-1.39). CONCLUSION: Having depressive symptoms may contribute towards having a poorer perception of health, even in the absence of health conditions. SRH is a multidimensional construct that can accurately reflect a person's state of general mental health.
dc.identifier.citationBrazilian Journal of Psychiatry Volume 46 2024 Article number e20233331
dc.identifier.doi10.47626/1516-4446-2023-3331
dc.identifier.issn1516-4446
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.unab.cl/handle/ria/61377
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociacao Brasileira de Psiquiatria
dc.rights.licenseAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectSelf-rated health
dc.subjectdepressive symptom
dc.subjectdepression
dc.subjectolder adult
dc.subjecthealth
dc.titleDepressive symptoms and self-rated health among Brazilian older adults: baseline data from the ELSI-Brazil study
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