Depression elderly in Changsha Factors.docVIP

 PAGE \* MERGEFORMAT 12 Depression elderly in Changsha Factors Study: High-Hui Feng Yuan Jing Guo-Ping Kwan [Abstract] Objective elderly in Changsha, the incidence of depressive symptoms and influencing factors. Methods Using stratified random sampling method, application Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS general questionnaire and a self Changsha Community 460 6 namegt; = 60 years old questionnaire. Results The incidence of elderly depression 33.5%, different gender, culture, marital status, occupation, income, health and living conditions among the self-assessment of depression symptoms elderly incidence was statistically significant (P lt;0.05, health self-assessment, education level, income is old age risk factors for depressive symptoms. Conclusion Changsha elderly poor and disadvantaged groups in the community occurs at high risk of depressive symptoms in old age, should be the focus of intervention object. [Keywords:] Depression Scale, depression, communities, the elderly Depression in the elderly is one of the most common mental illness that can lead to severe emotional pain, physical function decline and increased risk of death (1,2). Data show that worldwide there are about 3% of people with severe depression , 10% to 15% with mild depression (3), while the proportion of elderly persons with higher depressive symptoms. the domestic rate of depression in the elderly and the influencing factors have been more, but because of the use of different methods , leading to inconsistent results (4,5), and the elderly in different parts of the incidence of depressive symptoms and related factors are also very different. Ningzi Heng et al (6) Depression and the elderly Macau factors were studied, and with Beijing findings of the elderly were compared, results showed that both the incidence of depressive symptoms in older women is no different, but the incidence of depressive symptoms in older men, a statistically significant difference. And on depression