TY - JOUR
T1 - Self-rated health and depressive symptoms in patients with end-stage renal disease and their spouses
T2 - A longitudinal dyadic analysis of late-life marriages
AU - Pruchno, Rachel
AU - Wilson-Genderson, Maureen
AU - Cartwright, Francine
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded by a grant from the National Institute of Nursing Research (RO1 NR-05237 ).
PY - 2009/3
Y1 - 2009/3
N2 - Limited research has examined the ways in which changes in self-rated health experienced by aging spouses affect depressive symptoms of both members of the dyad. Longitudinal data from 315 older couples in which one partner had end-stage renal disease were analyzed using multilevel modeling. Results indicate that for both patients and spouses, own mean self-rated health was associated with own depressive symptoms, and change in self-rated health had a significant negative association with change in own depressive symptoms. Both mean self-rated health of the patient and change in patient's self-rated health had negative relationships with spouse depressive symptoms, with changes in patient's self-rated health having a stronger impact on spouse depressive symptoms than changes in spouse's own self-rated health. Results suggest the importance of understanding physical and mental health in the context of the marital dyad.
AB - Limited research has examined the ways in which changes in self-rated health experienced by aging spouses affect depressive symptoms of both members of the dyad. Longitudinal data from 315 older couples in which one partner had end-stage renal disease were analyzed using multilevel modeling. Results indicate that for both patients and spouses, own mean self-rated health was associated with own depressive symptoms, and change in self-rated health had a significant negative association with change in own depressive symptoms. Both mean self-rated health of the patient and change in patient's self-rated health had negative relationships with spouse depressive symptoms, with changes in patient's self-rated health having a stronger impact on spouse depressive symptoms than changes in spouse's own self-rated health. Results suggest the importance of understanding physical and mental health in the context of the marital dyad.
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U2 - 10.1093/geronb/gbp006
DO - 10.1093/geronb/gbp006
M3 - Article
C2 - 19286644
AN - SCOPUS:64149101560
VL - 64
SP - 212
EP - 221
JO - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
JF - Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences
SN - 1079-5014
IS - 2
ER -