Depression symptoms and influencing factors among overseas Chinese elders returned from Vietnan in Guangming New District, Shenzhen City
10.3760/j.issn.1674-2907.2014.36.028
- VernacularTitle:深圳市光明新区越南归侨老年人的抑郁水平及影响因素
- Author:
Liling WANG
1
;
Xianda DENG
;
Zhouguang ZOU
;
Xinsheng ZHANG
;
Simei ZOU
Author Information
1. 518017 深圳市光明新区中心医院社区健康服务管理中心
- Keywords:
Depression;
Elder;
Overseas Chinese returned from Vietnan;
Factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2014;20(36):4620-4623
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To understand the status of depression symptoms and influencing factors among Vietnam returned overseas Chinese elders in Shenzhen and to provide evidence for community intervention . Methods Totals of 246 employees were selected by multi-stage random sampling and investigated by Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS) questionnaires.Then, we assessed the status of depression level ,society support, and activity of daily life, and analyzed their correlations .Results Among 246 employees, 116 employees (47.2%) had no depression, 85(37.5%) had light depression,and 45(18.3%) had moderate and severe depression . Different depression level was related to different ages , gender, living pattem, past occupation, income, whether experienced land expropriation, economic assessment, health assessment, family status, social support, activity of daily life, and negative life event .Conclusions Vietnam returned overseas Chinese elders with resident alone, female, source of income from others , health problems, lost land and so on should be the important subjects of intervention , and the intervention key is timely provided mental support for elders who experienced negative life event .
