Abstract

Objective

Apathy symptoms are common in healthy older adults and may manifest independently of depressive symptoms. Perceived social support is considered a protective factor against adverse health outcomes in aging. We investigated the differential associations of apathy and depressive symptoms with perceived social support in older adults.

Method

The sample (n = 295) included community dwelling healthy older adults. Apathy was assessed with the Apathy Evaluation Scale, depression with the Geriatric Depression Scale, and perceived social support with the Medical Outcomes Study-Social Support Survey.

Results

Fully adjusted multiple linear regression revealed that, when jointly modeled as predictors, both apathy (standardized β= −0.214 p<.05) and depressive symptoms (standardized β= −0.157 p<.05) had significant negative associations with perceived social support.

Discussion

We provide the first evidence that apathy and depressive symptoms have independent associations with perceived social support in older adults.

中文翻译：

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健康老年人的冷漠和抑郁症状与感知到的社会支持的独立关联

摘要

客观的

冷漠症状在健康的老年人中很常见，并且可能与抑郁症状无关。感知到的社会支持被认为是防止衰老带来的不良健康结果的保护因素。我们调查了老年人的冷漠和抑郁症状与感知到的社会支持之间的差异关联。

方法

样本 ( n  = 295) 包括居住在社区的健康老年人。用冷漠评估量表评估冷漠，用老年抑郁量表评估抑郁，并通过医疗结果研究 - 社会支持调查评估社会支持。

结果

完全调整的多元线性回归显示，当联合建模作为预测因子时，冷漠（标准化 β= -0.214 p <.05）和抑郁症状（标准化 β= -0.157 p <.05）与感知到的社会支持具有显着的负相关。

讨论

我们提供了第一个证据，表明冷漠和抑郁症状与老年人感知到的社会支持有独立的关联。