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Title: | The prevalence of depressive symptoms in an elderly population and their relation to life situations in home care |
Authors: | Kleisiaris, Christos Maniou, Maria Papathanasiou, Ioanna Sfiniadaki, Adrianna Collaku, Eda Koutsoumpa, Chrysa Sarafis, Pavlos |
Major Field of Science: | Medical and Health Sciences |
Field Category: | Health Sciences |
Keywords: | Depression in elderly;Primary care;Zung self-rating depression scale |
Issue Date: | 2013 |
Source: | Health Science Journal, 2013, vol. 7, no. 4, pp. 417-423 |
Volume: | 7 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start page: | 417 |
End page: | 423 |
Link: | http://hsj.gr/volume-issue.php?volume=Volume%207,%20Issue%204&&year=2013 |
Journal: | Health Science Journal |
Abstract: | Background: Depression is a common mental disorder manifested by loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-esteem, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy and poor concentration. Depression is a normal part of aging, but unfortunately it is very common in the elderly. Aim: The assessment of the subjective disposition of the elderly as reflected in the last week. Design and Methods: The sample consisted of 200 elderly of 4 nursing homes in Heraklion of Crete. The study was conducted with the quantifydescriptive method. Depression was quantified using the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS). Analysis included the test x2 analysis, the r-Pearson partial correlation coefficient and the calculation of Cronbach's alpha (α). The data analysis was performed using the statistical programme IBM SPSS 19.0. Results: Cronbach's alpha for the ZSDS questionnaire was 0.81. Most of sample were female (64.5%), aged above 80 years (68.5%), with low level of education (90.5%). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 58.5%. A significant statistically correlation appears in the elderly with cardiovascular diseases (P-value = 0,001), already diagnosed depression (P-value < 0,005), self-care (P-value = 0,001), living with spouse (P-value = 0,011) indicating greater depressive mood. Moreover, loss of child increases the degree of depression (P-value = 0,037). Conclusions: The life situations of elderly such as self-care, loss of child, loneliness and chronic diseases are directly related to appearance of the daily mood. Moreover, depression is related with cardiovascular diseases (CVD). |
URI: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14279/1041 |
ISSN: | 1791809X |
Rights: | © Health Science Journal |
Type: | Article |
Affiliation : | Hellenic Mediterranean University University of Thessaly |
Publication Type: | Peer Reviewed |
Appears in Collections: | Άρθρα/Articles |
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