Titre :
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Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms among middle-aged women : The study of women's health across the nation (SWAN). (2004)
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Auteurs :
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Joyce-T BROMBERGER ;
Nancy AVIS ;
Adriana CORDAL ;
Sioban HARLOW ;
Howard-M KRAVITZ
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Type de document :
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Article
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Dans :
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American journal of public health (vol. 94, n° 8, 2004)
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Pagination :
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1378-1385
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Langues:
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Anglais
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Mots-clés :
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Etat dépressif
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Race
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Ethnie
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Prévalence
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Personne âgée
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Homme
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Femme
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Etude comparée
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Epidémiologie
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Trouble humeur
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Résumé :
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[BDSP. Notice produite par INIST-CNRS P22SiR0x. Diffusion soumise à autorisation]. Objectives : We examined racial/ethnic differences in significant depressive symptoms among middle-aged women before and after adjustment for socioeconomic, health-related, and psychosocial characteristics. Methods : Racial/ethnic differences in unadjusted and adjusted prevalence of significant depressive symptoms (score>=16 on the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression [CES-D] Scale) were assessed with univariate and multiple logistic regressions. Results : Twenty-four percent of the sample had a CES-D score of 16 or higher. Unadjusted prevalence varied by race/ethnicity (P<. after adjustment for covariates racial differences overall were no longer significant. conclusions : hispanic and african american women had the highest odds chinese japanese lowest a ces-d score of or higher. this variation is in part because health-related psychosocial factors that are linked to socioeconomic status.>
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