The Correspondence of Health Complaints And Depressive Symptoms Among Anglos And Mexican-Americans
Author: Kolody, B.
Date Published: 1986
This study examines the relationship between depressive symptoms and somatic complaints and/or disorders in two ethnic groups. Data reported herein are from an epidemiological field survey of disproportionate stratified sample of Anglos and two Mexican-American subsamples, United States born and Mexican born population who live in Santa Clara County, California. The correlation between depressive symptoms and a severity of somatic complaints/disorders scale derived from collapsing symptoms and a severity of somatic complaints/disorders scale derived from collapsing International Clarification of Diseases categories was compared among the three ethnic subsamples with control on age, sex, education, and marital status. A significant, direct linear correlation was found between depressive sympomalogy and severity of somatic complaints /disorders for each ethnic group and was found in multivariate analyses not to change significantly with the introduction of controls. Partial correlations pointed to a stronger association for Mexican Americans than Anglos.
Date Published: 1986
This study examines the relationship between depressive symptoms and somatic complaints and/or disorders in two ethnic groups. Data reported herein are from an epidemiological field survey of disproportionate stratified sample of Anglos and two Mexican-American subsamples, United States born and Mexican born population who live in Santa Clara County, California. The correlation between depressive symptoms and a severity of somatic complaints/disorders scale derived from collapsing symptoms and a severity of somatic complaints/disorders scale derived from collapsing International Clarification of Diseases categories was compared among the three ethnic subsamples with control on age, sex, education, and marital status. A significant, direct linear correlation was found between depressive sympomalogy and severity of somatic complaints /disorders for each ethnic group and was found in multivariate analyses not to change significantly with the introduction of controls. Partial correlations pointed to a stronger association for Mexican Americans than Anglos.
