Pattern of Change of Depressive Disorder over a One-Year Period among Community-Dwelling Older Adults in Québec

Table 1

Multivariate polytomous regression models predicting depression’ outcomes at time two.

	Persistent		Remission		Incident
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Gender
Male	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
Female	0.58	0.28–1.21	1.85	1.10–3.10	1.99	1.08–3.68
Age
65–69 years	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
70–74 years	1.07	0.47–2.42	1.07	0.62–1.85	0.84	0.44–1.62
75–79 years	0.57	0.20–1.57	0.84	0.45–1.56	0.60	0.27–1.35
80+ years	0.40	0.12–1.34	0.78	0.39–1.57	1.09	0.50–2.33
Education
Postsecondary/university	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
Elementary	0.95	0.35–2.55	0.61	0.32–1.17	0.95	0.44–2.05
Secondary	1.37	0.60–3.16	1.15	0.69–1.92	1.36	0.72–2.59
Marital status
Living with a partner	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
Single	3.20	1.12–9.14	0.48	0.15–1.50	0.72	0.23–2.24
Separated	3.19	1.27–7.99	2.05	1.14–3.69	0.40	0.14–1.17
Widowed	1.17	0.48–2.87	0.83	0.49–1.42	0.61	0.32–1.16
Region of residence
Metropolitan	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
Urban	1.15	0.40–3.28	1.46	0.74–2.88	1.63	0.66–3.99
Rural	1.26	0.59–2.71	1.93	1.18–3.16	2.91	1.58–5.36
Presence of confident
Yes	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
No	0.67	0.20–2.17	1.31	0.68–2.53	1.99	0.97–4.09
Instrumental support
Yes	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
No	2.40	0.61–9.54	1.62	0.64–4.09	2.40	0.80–7.14
Emotional support
Yes	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
No	1.49	0.35–6.39	1.25	0.48–3.23	0.31	0.07–1.42
Participation in community centers
Yes	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
No	1.00	0.49–2.04	0.71	0.46–1.11	1.50	0.84–2.69
Volunteering
Yes	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
No	1.32	0.60–2.91	1.19	0.73–1.93	0.88	0.48–1.61
Attendance at places of worship
Yes	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
No	0.59	0.29–1.24	0.72	0.45–1.15	1.99	1.13–3.51
Number of daily hassles	1.09	1.03–1.14	1.06	1.03–1.09	1.06	1.02–1.09
Stress intensity	3.17	1.97–5.10	2.02	1.49–2.74	1.72	1.19–2.49
Number of chronic disease	1.17	1.00–1.36	1.07	0.97–1.19	1.06	0.94–1.21
Perception of mental health
Excellent/very good	1.00	—	1.00	—	1.00	—
Good	3.68	1.74–7.78	1.82	1.08–3.07	1.91	1.03–3.55
Fair/poor	3.87	1.17–12.80	3.98	1.78–8.93	3.93	1.49–10.38