1. Association between food insecurity and depression among older adults from low- and middle-income countries
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Lee Smith, Yvonne Barnett, Igor Grabovac, Hans Oh, Louis Jacob, Nicola Veronese, Lin Yang, Ai Koyanagi, Guillermo F. López-Sánchez, Jae Il Shin, Pinar Soysal, Daragh T. McDermott, SOYSAL, PINAR, Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines - UFR Sciences de la santé Simone Veil (UVSQ Santé), Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines (UVSQ), National Institute on Aging, NIA: 08-CN-0020, OGHA 04034785, R01-AG034479, R21-AG034263, Y1-AG-1005, YA1323 Faculty of Science, Agriculture and Engineering, Newcastle University, SAgE, This paper uses data from WHO's Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE). SAGE is supported by the US National Institute on Aging through Interagency Agreements OGHA 04034785, YA1323?08-CN-0020, Y1-AG-1005?01 and through research grants R01-AG034479 and R21-AG034263., Smith, L., Il Shin, J., McDermott, D., Jacob, L., Barnett, Y., López-Sánchez, G.F., Veronese, N., Yang, L., Soysal, P., Oh, H., Grabovac, I., and Koyanagi, A.
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Male ,China ,Psychological intervention ,India ,Logistic regression ,Ghana ,Odds ,Russia ,03 medical and health sciences ,South Africa ,0302 clinical medicine ,older adults ,Environmental health ,food insecurity ,Prevalence ,Medicine ,Humans ,low- and middle-income countries ,Association (psychology) ,Developing Countries ,Mexico ,Depression (differential diagnoses) ,Aged ,2. Zero hunger ,business.industry ,1. No poverty ,Middle Aged ,Mental health ,Confidence interval ,3. Good health ,030227 psychiatry ,Food insecurity ,Psychiatry and Mental health ,Clinical Psychology ,Cross-Sectional Studies ,low- and middle-income countrie ,depression ,Female ,[SDV.SPEE]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Santé publique et épidémiologie ,business ,Smith L., Il Shin J., McDermott D., Jacob L., Barnett Y., López-Sánchez G. F. , Veronese N., Yang L., Soysal P., Oh H., et al., -Association between food insecurity and depression among older adults from low- and middle-income countries.-, Depression and anxiety, 2021 ,030217 neurology & neurosurgery - Abstract
Background:\ud \ud To examine the association between self‐reported food insecurity and depression in 34,129 individuals aged ≥50 years from six low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs) (China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia, and South Africa).\ud \ud Methods:\ud \ud Cross‐sectional, community‐based, nationally representative data from the WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) were analyzed. Self‐reported past 12‐month food insecurity was assessed with two questions on frequency of eating less and hunger due to lack of food. Questions based on the World Mental Health Survey version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview were used for the endorsement of past 12‐month DSM‐IV depression. Multivariable logistic regression analysis and meta‐analysis were conducted to assess associations.\ud \ud Results:\ud \ud In total, 34,129 individuals aged ≥50 years [mean (SD) age, 62.4 (16.0) years; 52.1% females] were included in the analysis. Overall, the prevalence of moderate and severe food insecurity was 6.7% and 5.1%, respectively, while the prevalence of depression was 6.0%. Meta‐analyses based on countrywise estimates showed that overall, moderate food insecurity (vs. no food insecurity) is associated with a nonsignificant 1.69 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.82–3.48) times higher odds for depression, while severe food insecurity is significantly associated with 2.43 (95% CI = 1.65–3.57) times higher odds for depression.\ud \ud Conclusions:\ud \ud In this large representative sample of older adults from six LMICs, those with severe food insecurity were over two times more likely to suffer from depression (compared with no food insecurity). Utilizing lay health counselors and psychological interventions may be effective mechanisms to reduce depression among food‐insecure populations. Interventions to address food insecurity (e.g., supplemental nutrition programs) may reduce depression at the population level but future longitudinal studies are warranted.
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