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Prevalence and prediction of depression in American Indian elderly
Author(s)	Kim J Curyto, Elizabeth E Chapleski, Peter A Lichtenberg
Journal title	Clinical Gerontologist, vol 18, no 3, 1998
Pages	pp 19-37
Source	http://www.tandfonline.com
Keywords	Depression ; Native Americans ; Educational status [elderly] ; United States of America.
Annotation	Depression research is sparse with older American Indians, and almost non-existent with Great Lakes American Indians. In this study, 309 Great Lakes American Indian older people from urban, rural, and reservation settings were interviewed. Two-thirds of the sample were over age 65. Fifty-four percent of the sample completed less than a high school education, and 23 percent completed only a high school education. Depression prevalence and its correlates were examined. The CES-D (Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale) was used to measure depressive symptomatology, and was found to have good internal consistency in the sample. Overall, 18.3% of the sample scored above the traditional cutoff for depression. Both having completed fewer years of formal education and living in an urban area were significant predictors of depression.
Accession Number	CPA-980423408 A
Classmark	ENR: TKH: F:V: 7T
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