TY - JOUR
T1 - Social Support, Depression, and Functional Disability in Older Adult Primary-Care Patients
AU - Travis, Linda A.
AU - Lyness, Jeffrey M.
AU - Shields, Cleveland G.
AU - King, Deborah A.
AU - Cox, Christopher
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported by National Institute of Mental Health , grants K07-MH01113 (Dr. Lyness) and T32 MH18911 (E.D. Caine, M.D., PI) .
PY - 2004
Y1 - 2004
N2 - Objective: The authors asked whether social support and depression are independently associated with functional disability and examined the potential role of social support as a moderator in the depression-functional disability association. Methods: Subjects were 305 patients age 60 years and over. Predictor variables were social support, depressive symptoms, and depression diagnosis. Dependent variables were the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, the Physical Self-Maintenance Scale, and the Physical Functioning subscale of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Authors used multiple-regression analyses. Results: Depressive symptoms and all dimensions of social support were independently associated with functional disability: the specifics of these relationships varied among types of social support and functional disability. Depression diagnosis was not independently associated with any functional disability measure. Social support (more instrumental help, more perceived satisfaction) moderated some depression diagnosis-functional disability associations, and one depressive symptom-functional disability association. Conclusions: The study hypotheses were partially confirmed. Different dimensions of social support have important and varied roles in the depression-functional disability dynamic. Future research is needed to further specify the complex relationships among depression, social support, and functional disability.
AB - Objective: The authors asked whether social support and depression are independently associated with functional disability and examined the potential role of social support as a moderator in the depression-functional disability association. Methods: Subjects were 305 patients age 60 years and over. Predictor variables were social support, depressive symptoms, and depression diagnosis. Dependent variables were the Instrumental Activities of Daily Living Scale, the Physical Self-Maintenance Scale, and the Physical Functioning subscale of the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form Health Survey. Authors used multiple-regression analyses. Results: Depressive symptoms and all dimensions of social support were independently associated with functional disability: the specifics of these relationships varied among types of social support and functional disability. Depression diagnosis was not independently associated with any functional disability measure. Social support (more instrumental help, more perceived satisfaction) moderated some depression diagnosis-functional disability associations, and one depressive symptom-functional disability association. Conclusions: The study hypotheses were partially confirmed. Different dimensions of social support have important and varied roles in the depression-functional disability dynamic. Future research is needed to further specify the complex relationships among depression, social support, and functional disability.
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U2 - 10.1097/00019442-200405000-00005
DO - 10.1097/00019442-200405000-00005
M3 - Article
C2 - 15126227
AN - SCOPUS:2342650266
SN - 1064-7481
VL - 12
SP - 265
EP - 271
JO - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
JF - American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry
IS - 3
ER -