Depressive symptoms and their correlates among immigrant Mexican women in the United States |
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| Authors: | W A Vega B Kolody R Valle R Hough |
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| Affiliation: | 1. The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland;2. Department of Radiology and Radiological Sciences, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland;3. Department of Service Excellence, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland;1. College of Automation, Harbin Engineering University, Harbin, China;2. Department of Geomatics Engineering, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4;1. Institute of Public Health, University of Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 324, 69120 Heidelberg, Germany;2. Central Hospital of Augsburg, MONICA/KORA Myocardial Infarction Registry, Stenglinstraße 2, 86156 Augsburg, Germany;3. Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Epidemiology II, Ingolstädter Landstraße 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany;4. Institute for Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Hospital Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistraße 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany;1. Department of Surgery, University of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin;2. Department of Surgery, William S. Middleton Veterans Hospital, Madison, Wisconsin;1. Acupuncture and Integrative Medicine Center, Malcolm Grow Medical Clinics and Surgery Center, Joint Base Andrews, MD;2. Clinical Education and Staff Development, WellMed Medical Management, San Antonio, TX;3. Nursing Research, Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth, VA |
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| Abstract: | Correlates of depressive symptomatology and caseness are examined for a survey sample of N = 1825 poor Mexican immigrant women in San Diego County, California. The Center for Epidemiologic Studies--Depression (CES--D) checklist is tested against a variety of demographic variables as well as health status and service utilization rates. Statistically significant associations were found between CES--D and education, years in the United States, income, marital status and number of adults in household. Also significant were associations with health status, confidant support and recent, traumatic life event. Utilization rates point to medical doctors as the major source of formal treatment and a heavy reliance on family and friends. The implications of the high disorder rates for diagnosis and treatment among immigrants are discussed. |
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