Pet ownership and symptoms of depression: A prospective study of older adults

Christopher Sharpley; Nicola Veronese; Lee Smith; Guillermo F Lopez-Sanchez; Vicki Bitsika; Jacopo Demurtas; Stefano Celotto; Vania Noventa; Pinar Soysal; Ahmet Turan Isik; Igor Grabovac; Sarah E Jackson

doi:10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.134

Pet ownership and symptoms of depression: A prospective study of older adults

Christopher Sharpley
, Nicola Veronese
, Lee Smith
, Guillermo F Lopez-Sanchez
, Vicki Bitsika
, Jacopo Demurtas
, Stefano Celotto
, Vania Noventa
, Pinar Soysal
, Ahmet Turan Isik
, Igor Grabovac
, Sarah E Jackson

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This paper aims to examine associations between pet ownership and symptoms of depression in a large, population-based sample of older adults. Specifically, we tested whether: (i) people who report more depressive symptoms are more likely to own a pet; (ii) pet ownership protects against an increase in depressive symptoms over time; (iii) associations differ by symptom type.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	35-39
Journal	Journal of Affective Disorders
Volume	264
Early online date	30 Nov 2019
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jad.2019.11.134
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2020

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