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Church attendance and new episodes of major depression in a community study of older adults: the Cache County Study.
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Norton, Maria C (author)
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Singh, Archana (author)
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- Skoog, Ingmar, 1954 (author)
- Gothenburg University,Göteborgs universitet,Institutionen för neurovetenskap och fysiologi, sektionen för psykiatri och neurokemi,Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry
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Corcoran, Christopher (author)
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Tschanz, Joann T (author)
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Zandi, Peter P (author)
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Breitner, John C S (author)
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Welsh-Bohmer, Kathleen A (author)
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Steffens, David C (author)
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- 2008
- 2008
- English.
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In: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences. - 1079-5014. ; 63:3
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- We examined the relation between church attendance, membership in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS), and major depressive episode, in a population-based study of aging and dementia in Cache County, Utah. Participants included 2,989 nondemented individuals aged between 65 and 100 years who were interviewed initially in 1995 to 1996 and again in 1998 to 1999. LDS church members reported twice the rate of major depression that non-LDS members did (odds ratio = 2.56, 95% confidence interval = 1.07-6.08). Individuals attending church weekly or more often had a significantly lower risk for major depression. After controlling for demographic and health variables and the strongest predictor of future episodes of depression, a prior depression history, we found that church attendance more often than weekly remained a significant protectant (odds ratio = 0.51, 95% confidence interval = 0.28-0.92). Results suggest that there may be a threshold of church attendance that is necessary for a person to garner long-term protection from depression. We discuss sociological factors relevant to LDS culture.
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- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Psykiatri (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Psychiatry (hsv//eng)
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- Aged
- Aged
- 80 and over
- Catchment Area (Health)
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Demography
- Depressive Disorder
- Major
- epidemiology
- Female
- Follow-Up Studies
- Humans
- Male
- Prevalence
- Questionnaires
- Religion
- Social Support
- Time Factors
- Utah
- epidemiology
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