Association between median family income and self-reported mood symptoms in XXXX .

@entity1 @entity162 @entity308
OBJECTIVE: There is broad consensus from epidemiologic research that lower socioeconomic status is related to poorer health. This study investigated the relation between median family income and self-reported mood symptoms in @entity1 with @entity162 who reside in the United States. METHODS: Two hundred eighty-four @entity1 with @entity162 provided daily self-reported mood ratings for 6 months (50,054 days of data). Regardless of income, all @entity1 were treated by a psychiatrist, took psychotropic medications, and participated in computerized self-monitoring throughout the study. Median family income was obtained from US census tract data. The association between income and mood was analyzed using income as both a continuous and categorical variable. Demographic characteristics were compared by income group. Education level was included in the analysis a priori. RESULTS: Both the continuous and categorical approaches found a positive association between income and euthymia, a negative association between income and @entity162 /hypomanic symptoms including those due to mixed states, and no association between income and @entity308 . @entity1 in the lower-income group spent 12.4% fewer days euthymic than those in the upper-income group and 9.7% fewer days euthymic than those in the middle-income group. @entity1 in the lower-income group spent 7.1% more days with @entity162 /hypomanic symptoms than those in the upper-income group. There was no association between education and income. CONCLUSION: Median family income is associated with mood symptoms in @entity1 with @entity162 . Inclusion of income as a measure of socioeconomic status is recommended for future studies of outcome in @entity162 .
