Treatment of depression seems to have limited effects in this group and may be explained by differences in the etiology of depression compared with older people without multimorbidity and organic brain disorders.
These sex discrepancies were primarily explained by differences in scores among those with depression rather than among those without depression.
Sex discrepancies were primarily explained by differences in scores among those with depression rather than among those without depression.
The SS model states that childhood adversities lower the threshold for depressive reactions to recent stressors, and hence that individual differences in depression risk caused by childhood adversities are expressed in low current stress conditions in particular.
Finally, we found no differences in depression symptoms by gender (40.3 vs 40.8%, p = 0.96), which is consistent with recent findings by Thombs et al [12].
This may reflect differences in measurement or classification of exposure, differences in depression diagnosis by location, or other location-specific factors.
There were significant differences in depression diagnosis by plant location, with 1 plant having an incidence of 1% and 3 plants having higher incidence ranging from 6.3%to11.3%3%.
We tested for possible gender differences in depression risk, prompted by the 'gender paradox' hypothesis, whereby girls with conduct problems are thought to show higher rates of comorbidity with depression than boys, despite lower overall rates of conduct problems.
To test for gender differences in depression and anxiety scores, a stratified analysis by gender was performed.
To evaluate race-related differences in depression onset and recovery in older persons, overall and by sex, and examine race-related differences in mortality according to depression.
