Remission from Depression among Adults with Arthritis: A 12-Year Followup of a Population-Based Study
Table 1
Mean survival time and percent in remission at 2 years compared across categories of potential demographic, psychosocial, health, and health-behavioural predictors.
Unweighted Mean to depression free
Lower CI
Upper CI
value
% in remission at 2 years
Demographics
Gender
Male
3.4
2.7
4.1
0.42
63.8
Female
3.1
2.8
3.5
72.8
Age
<55
3.6
3.2
4.1
<0.001
62.4
55 or older
2.6
2.5
2.9
82.4
Marital status
Single/separated/divorced
2.9
2.5
3.3
0.092
75.0
Married/common-law
3.5
3.0
4.1
65.2
Education
HS grad or less
3.1
2.5
3.7
0.35
78.8
Some postsecondary
3.3
2.9
3.7
64.9
Psychosocial
Social support
Yes confidant
3.2
2.8
3.6
0.95
72.1
No confidant
3.2
2.6
3.7
65.9
Adverse childhood experiences
Childhood physical abuse
Yes physical abuse
3.9
3.1
4.6
59.3
No physical abuse
2.9
2.6
3.3
0.013
74.3
Parental addictions during respondents’ childhood
Yes parental addictions
3.8
2.9
4.6
62.2
No parental addictions
3.1
2.7
3.4
0.026
72.3
Self-esteem
High
2.9
2.4
3.3
77.0
Low
3.4
2.9
3.8
0.13
66.7
Health
Pain
Usually free from pain
2.7
2.3
3.1
0.017
78.7
Not usually free from pain
3.5
3.0
3.9
66.7
Migraine
Yes
3.9
3.2
4.6
0.003
58.5
No
2.9
2.5
3.2
76.2
Back pain
Yes
3.4
2.9
3.9
0.17
66.3
No
3.0
2.6
3.4
74.8
CI: confidence interval; Values with are highlighted in bold font.
