Analysis of the status and related factors of depression in elders in rural areas
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-6554.2012.06.005
- VernacularTitle:农村老年人抑郁状况评定及影响因素分析
- Author:
Aiqin SONG
;
Jinghua ZHAI
;
Liyan GUO
;
Yinlong LI
;
Shaohua ZHANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
Elders;
Depression symptom status;
ADL;
IADL;
Partial correlation
- From:
Chinese Journal of Behavioral Medicine and Brain Science
2012;21(6):494-496
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
ObjectiveTo observe the status and related factors of depression symptoms in elders.MethodsRandomized multi-stage sampling method was used to select subjects.504 elders ( aged ≥65 years) in Jining were investigated and assessed by using the scales of Geriatric Depression Scale15 ( GDS-15 ),Katz-activity of daily liying (Katz-ADL) and Lawton instrumental ADL (IADL).ResultsThe GDS scores of males (2.24 ±2.12 ) were significantly lower than that of females ( 3.35 ± 3.49) ( t '=4.236,P ＜ 0.01 ).There were significant differences in GDS scores among different subgroups of age,single or not,physical activity,sleep quality,self-reported health,living condition,economic status and lonely feeling.GDS scores were significantly correlated to lonely feeling,IADL,living condition,economic status,self-reported health and age (F =27.47,P ＜ 0.001 ; R2 =0.372,R'2 =0.358 ),with the total contribution of 35.8％.ConclusionAmong elders,the main factors influencing depression symptoms are lonely feeling,IADL,female,health condition,economic condition and single,respectively.Enhancing IADL of elders can contribute to reduce the risk factors of depression.
