The correspondence of health complaints and depressive symptoms among anglos and mexican-americans Article

Kolody, B, Vega, W, Meinhardt, K et al. (1986). The correspondence of health complaints and depressive symptoms among anglos and mexican-americans . 174(4), 221-228. 10.1097/00005053-198604000-00005

cited authors

  • Kolody, B; Vega, W; Meinhardt, K; Bensussen, G

authors

abstract

  • This study examines the relationship between depressive symptoms and somatic com-plaints and/or disorders in two ethnic groups. Data reported herein are from an epidemio-logical field survey of a disproportionate stratified sample of Anglos (N = 637) and two Mexicah-American subsamples, United States-born (N = 342) and Mexican-born (N = 201), all living in Santa Clara County, California. The covariation between depressive symptoms and a severity of somatic complaints/disorders scale derived from collapsing International Classification 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 symptomatology 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 for Anglos. © 1986 by The Williams & Wilkins Co.

publication date

  • January 1, 1986

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

start page

  • 221

end page

  • 228

volume

  • 174

issue

  • 4