Publication: Pet ownership and symptoms of depression: A prospective study of older adults.
dc.contributor.author | López-Sánchez, GF | |
dc.contributor.author | Sharpley, C | |
dc.contributor.author | Veronese, N | |
dc.contributor.author | Smith, L | |
dc.contributor.author | Bitsika, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Demurtas, J | |
dc.contributor.author | Isik, AT | |
dc.contributor.author | Noventa, V | |
dc.contributor.author | Soysal, PINAR | |
dc.contributor.author | Grabovac, I | |
dc.contributor.institutionauthor | SOYSAL, PINAR | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-12-21T20:59:10Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-12-21T20:59:10Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2019-11-30 | |
dc.description.abstract | Background:This paper aims to examine associations between pet ownership and symptoms of depression in alarge, population-based sample of older adults. Specifically, we tested whether: (i) people who report moredepressive symptoms are more likely to own a pet; (ii) pet ownership protects against an increase in depressivesymptoms over time; (iii) associations differ by symptom type.Methods:Data were drawn from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing, a longitudinal panel study of men andwomen aged 50 and older (n= 7,617, 52.5% female). Pet ownership (dog/cat/other/none) was self-reported in2010/11. Depressive symptoms were assessed in 2010/11 and 2016/17 using the 8-item centre forEpidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale. We analysed total CES-D score and derived symptom subscales(depressed mood, anhedonia, somatic symptoms) in relation to pet ownership, adjusting for sociodemographicand health-related covariates.Results:A one-symptom increase in total CES-D score was associated with 7% increased odds of dog ownership(OR=1.07, 95% CI 1.03–1.11). Significant associations were observed between each subset of depressivesymptoms and dog ownership, with models run on z-scores showing a slightly stronger association for symptomsof depressed mood (OR=1.13, 95% CI 1.06–1.21) compared with anhedonia (OR=1.10, 95% CI 1.04–1.17) orsomatic symptoms (OR=1.10, 95% CI 1.03–1.18). Prospectively, no significant associations were found.Limitations:Self-reported data; small sample size for some pet categories. Conclusion:Amongst older adults in England, those with more depressive symptoms are more likely to own adog, but pet ownership is not significantly associated with change in depressive symptoms over time. | en |
dc.identifier.citation | Sharpley C., Veronese N., Smith L., López-Sánchez G., Bitsika V., Demurtas J., Celotto S., Noventa V., Soysal P., Isik A., et al., -Pet ownership and symptoms of depression: A prospective study of older adults.-, Journal of affective disorders, cilt.264, ss.35-39, 2019 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.134 | |
dc.identifier.pubmed | 31846900 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12645/10649 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.134 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.subject | Depression | |
dc.subject | Depressive symptoms | |
dc.subject | Older adults | |
dc.subject | Pet ownership | |
dc.title | Pet ownership and symptoms of depression: A prospective study of older adults. | |
dc.type | Article | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
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local.indexed.at | PubMed | |
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