Effects of activities of daily living and life care on depressive mood for elderly in community
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2014.07.021
- VernacularTitle:日常生活能力和生活照料对城区老年人抑郁情绪的影响
- Author:
Rui HU
;
Xueyi WANG
;
Zhiling SONG
;
Ran WANG
;
Lan WANG
;
Jianmin PANG
;
Zhifeng WANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Elderly;
Depressive mood;
Related factors
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2014;23(7):648-650
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the prevalence of the depression and the activities of daily living in the elderly population in Hebei province.Methods In this cross-sectional study,3 176 subjects aged over 60 were selected from 4 urban communities in Hebei Province.The demographic data was collected,and the Center for Epidemiological Survey,Depression Scale,(CES-D) and the activities of daily living Scale (ADL) were used to assess their depression status and activities of daily living.Results Among the 3 176 subjects,268 cases (8.4％) got the CES-D scores of over 15 and 232 cases (7.3％) got the ADL scores of over 26.14.2％ of depression group needed life care,27.9％ of depression group had absence of daily living activities.Multivariate logistic results showed that gender (OR=2.142),diseases situation (OR=2.214),marriage (OR=0.484),and life abilities like shower (OR =1.333),walk around home (OR=1.275),wear clothes(OR=2.129),moving on a wheelchair(OR=1.118) had significant effect on depression.Conclusion Elder people population who have characteristics like female,single,illness,can't take shower by themselves,life care depended,more likely get higher CES-D scores and depression.
