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| Title |
Religiousness, social support and the use of antidepressants among the elderly: a population-based study
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| Published in |
Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.1590/1413-81232018233.05922016 |
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| Authors |
Adriano Roberto Tarifa Vicente, Érico Castro-Costa, Josélia de Oliveira Araújo Firmo, Maria Fernanda Lima-Costa, Antônio Ignácio de Loyola |
| Abstract |
The purpose of the study was to investigate whether religiousness and social support were associated with the use of antidepressants among community-dwelling elders. The research involved 1,606 older adults who make up the cohort of Bambuí Project, a study on ageing and health. The dependent variable was the use of antidepressants in the last 90 days, and the exposures of interest were social support and religiousness. Logistic regression was used to test the associations and to estimate crude and adjusted Odds Ratio and their 95% confidence intervals. The chances of use of antidepressants were significantly lower among older people with higher level of religiosity (OR = 0.45; 95% CI: 0.29 to 0.70), but none of the descriptors social support was associated with the event. In this population, it is possible that religion occupies a prominent role in the arsenal of health problems coping strategies, especially mental. Health professionals attending this particular segment of the population (elderly people with depressive disorders) should consider religiousness of patients when the proposed guidelines and treatment in coping with their mental suffering. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United States | 1 | 50% |
| Unknown | 1 | 50% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 50% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 17 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 2 | 12% |
| Researcher | 1 | 6% |
| Student > Master | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 13 | 76% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Linguistics | 1 | 6% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 6% |
| Psychology | 1 | 6% |
| Engineering | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 13 | 76% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 March 2018.
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#17,292,294
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Outputs from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#1,121
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#223,031
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Outputs of similar age from Ciência & Saúde Coletiva
#24
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