Jingyan Yang1, Carl Latkin1, Melissa Davey-Rothwell1, Mansi Agarwal2. 1. a Department of Health , Behavior & Society, Johns Hopkins University , Baltimore , Maryland , USA. 2. b Department of Epidemiology , Columbia University , New York , New York , USA.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of depression among drug users is high. It has been recognized that drug use behaviors can be influenced and spread through social networks. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the directional relationship between social network factors and depressive symptoms among a sample of inner-city residents in Baltimore, MD. METHODS: We performed a longitudinal study of four-wave data collected from a network-based HIV/STI prevention intervention for women and network members, consisting of both men and women. Our primary outcome and exposure were depression using CESD scale and social network characteristics, respectively. Linear-mixed model with clustering adjustment was used to account for both repeated measurement and network design. RESULTS: Of the 746 participants, those who had high levels of depression tended to be female, less educated, homeless, smokers, and did not have a main partner. In the univariate longitudinal model, larger size of drug network was significantly associated with depression (OR = 1.38, p < .001). This relationship held after controlling for age, gender, homeless in the past 6 months, college education, having a main partner, cigarette smoking, perceived health, and social support network (aOR = 1.19, p = .001). In the univariate mixed model using depression to predict size of drug network, the data suggested that depression was associated with larger size of drug network (coef. = 1.23, p < .001) and the same relation held in multivariate model (adjusted coef. = 1.08, p = .001). CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that larger size of drug network is a risk factor for depression, and vice versa. Further intervention strategies to reduce depression should address social networks factors.
BACKGROUND: The prevalence of depression among drug users is high. It has been recognized that drug use behaviors can be influenced and spread through social networks. OBJECTIVES: We investigated the directional relationship between social network factors and depressive symptoms among a sample of inner-city residents in Baltimore, MD. METHODS: We performed a longitudinal study of four-wave data collected from a network-based HIV/STI prevention intervention for women and network members, consisting of both men and women. Our primary outcome and exposure were depression using CESD scale and social network characteristics, respectively. Linear-mixed model with clustering adjustment was used to account for both repeated measurement and network design. RESULTS: Of the 746 participants, those who had high levels of depression tended to be female, less educated, homeless, smokers, and did not have a main partner. In the univariate longitudinal model, larger size of drug network was significantly associated with depression (OR = 1.38, p < .001). This relationship held after controlling for age, gender, homeless in the past 6 months, college education, having a main partner, cigarette smoking, perceived health, and social support network (aOR = 1.19, p = .001). In the univariate mixed model using depression to predict size of drug network, the data suggested that depression was associated with larger size of drug network (coef. = 1.23, p < .001) and the same relation held in multivariate model (adjusted coef. = 1.08, p = .001). CONCLUSIONS: The results suggest that larger size of drug network is a risk factor for depression, and vice versa. Further intervention strategies to reduce depression should address social networks factors.
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Keywords:
depression; drug users; longitudinal; network size; social influence
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