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Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers
Grandmothers living with or raising grandchildren have elevated levels of depressive symptoms compared to grandmothers who do not provide care. While the CES-D measures the somatic, positive and negative affect, and interpersonal strain symptoms experienced with depression, the Depressive Cognitions...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7741484/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1186 |
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author | Burant, Christopher Jeanblanc, Alexandra Musil, Carol Wallace, McKenzie Jaclene, Zauszniewski |
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description | Grandmothers living with or raising grandchildren have elevated levels of depressive symptoms compared to grandmothers who do not provide care. While the CES-D measures the somatic, positive and negative affect, and interpersonal strain symptoms experienced with depression, the Depressive Cognitions Scale captures the change in cognitive thinking that often precedes clinical depression. Our aim was to compare depressive symptoms and depressed cognitions between grandmother caregivers with a diagnosis of depression and those without in a nationwide sample of 342 grandmother caregivers. In the questionnaire, participants were asked whether they had a diagnosis of depression amongst other health conditions and also completed the CES-D and the Depressed Cognitions Scale. A score of 16 or greater on the CESD or a score above 7 on the Depressed Cognitions Scale can be used to identify individuals who may be at risk for depression. Grandmothers who had a diagnosis of depression were more likely to have CES-D scores 16 and above (79.7 %) as compared to those who were not (39.2%) (Chi Square=54.55, p<.001); and more likely to have higher depressed cognition scores 7 and above (71.3 %) as compared to those who did not (42.9%) (Chi Square=26.68, p<.001). Additionally, grandmothers who had depressed cognitions were more likely to have CES-D scores 16 and above (74.1 %) as compared to those who were not (33.1%) (Chi Square=57.56, p<.001). The elevated scores in participants who already have a diagnosis of depression indicates the need for potential interventions to further address depressive symptoms in grandmother caregivers. |
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spelling | pubmed-77414842020-12-21 Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers Burant, Christopher Jeanblanc, Alexandra Musil, Carol Wallace, McKenzie Jaclene, Zauszniewski Innov Aging Abstracts Grandmothers living with or raising grandchildren have elevated levels of depressive symptoms compared to grandmothers who do not provide care. While the CES-D measures the somatic, positive and negative affect, and interpersonal strain symptoms experienced with depression, the Depressive Cognitions Scale captures the change in cognitive thinking that often precedes clinical depression. Our aim was to compare depressive symptoms and depressed cognitions between grandmother caregivers with a diagnosis of depression and those without in a nationwide sample of 342 grandmother caregivers. In the questionnaire, participants were asked whether they had a diagnosis of depression amongst other health conditions and also completed the CES-D and the Depressed Cognitions Scale. A score of 16 or greater on the CESD or a score above 7 on the Depressed Cognitions Scale can be used to identify individuals who may be at risk for depression. Grandmothers who had a diagnosis of depression were more likely to have CES-D scores 16 and above (79.7 %) as compared to those who were not (39.2%) (Chi Square=54.55, p<.001); and more likely to have higher depressed cognition scores 7 and above (71.3 %) as compared to those who did not (42.9%) (Chi Square=26.68, p<.001). Additionally, grandmothers who had depressed cognitions were more likely to have CES-D scores 16 and above (74.1 %) as compared to those who were not (33.1%) (Chi Square=57.56, p<.001). The elevated scores in participants who already have a diagnosis of depression indicates the need for potential interventions to further address depressive symptoms in grandmother caregivers. Oxford University Press 2020-12-16 /pmc/articles/PMC7741484/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1186 Text en © The Author(s) 2020. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of The Gerontological Society of America. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted reuse, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Abstracts Burant, Christopher Jeanblanc, Alexandra Musil, Carol Wallace, McKenzie Jaclene, Zauszniewski Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers |
title | Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers |
title_full | Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers |
title_fullStr | Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers |
title_full_unstemmed | Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers |
title_short | Clinical Depression, Depressive Symptoms, and Depressed Cognition in Caregiving Grandmothers |
title_sort | clinical depression, depressive symptoms, and depressed cognition in caregiving grandmothers |
topic | Abstracts |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7741484/ http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1186 |
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