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| Religious attendance and depressive symptoms among community dwelling elderly in Taiwan | | Author(s) | C-Y Hahn, M-S Yang, M-J Yang |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 19, no 12, December 2004 |
| Pages | pp 1148-1154 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Religion ; Worship ; Depression ; Living in the community ; Correlation ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | The attending of religious activities is a positive factor for geriatric depression. 1,000 subjects aged 65-74 and living in Taiwan were recruited for this interview survey during 2001. Aside from background information, the Taiwanese Depression Questionnaire (TDQ) and the Neighbourhood Quality Index were used to assess the degree of depression and its correlates. Of 863 subjects with complete data for analysis, 215 (24.8%) had had depressive symptoms in the past week. Among them, those who were female, illiterate, or not married, or those who had less family income, physical illness, or less social capital, were at higher risk of being depressed. Moreover, those (92.5% with religious belief) who had not attended religious activities during the past 6 months were at high risk of being depressed than those (100% with religious belief) who had. Multivariate logistic regression disclosed that those never attending religious activities were 2.7 times more likely to be depressed when compared to those who had, after taking into consideration sociodemographic and social capital. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041222216 A |
| Classmark | TR: OWL: ENR: K4: 49: 7DP |
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