Relationship of Life Events and the Incidence of Geriatric Depression
- VernacularTitle:负性生活事件与老年抑郁症发病率的关系
- Author:
Suisui MA
;
Xia QIN
;
Ruoling CHEN
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
geriatric depression;
cohort study;
incidence;
negative life events
- From:
Chinese Mental Health Journal
1989;0(03):-
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective: To examine the relationship of negative life events and the incidence of geriatric depression.Methods:Non-depressed elderly of a study on the prevalence of depression among the elderly was followed up with a one-year interval with the GMS-AGECAT and MDS. The data was analyzed by SPSS using ?2 analysis, correlate analysis and Multinomial Logistic Regression. Results:The incidence of geriatric depression had close relationship with the number of negative life events(r=0.96,P
