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Acculturation and the prevalence of depression in older Mexican Americans
— baseline results of the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging | | Author(s) | Hector M Gonzalez, Mary N Haan, Ladson Hinton |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 49, no 7, July 2001 |
| Pages | pp 948-953 |
| Keywords | Ethnic groups ; Mexico ; Living in the community ; Depression ; Social surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The 1,789 participants (age range 60-100) in this study were recruited as part of the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA). The prevalence of depression, assessed with the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was 25.4%. Women were at greater risk than men (32% vs 16.3%). Prevalence was greater among immigrants (30.4%), bicultural participants (24.2%), and less cultured participants (36.1%) compared with US born (20.5%) and more accultured groups (16.1%). These findings are consistent with previously reported estimates of a higher prevalence of depression for older Mexican Americans than non-Hispanic Caucasians and African Americans. The findings are also the first to report the prevalence and risk of depression for older US-born and immigrant Mexican Americans. High prevalence in the least accultured group may be related to cultural barriers encountered by immigrants, and to poorer health status. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-011010206 A |
| Classmark | TK: 7TY: K4: ENR: 3F: 7T |
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