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| Prevalence and correlates of depression in Chinese oldest old | | Author(s) | Kee-Lee Chou, Iris Chi |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 1, January 2005 |
| Pages | pp 41-50 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Depression ; Cross sectional surveys ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | In Hong Kong, the oldest-old (age 80 and above) is the fastest growing age group. This article examines cross-sectional data collected from a representative community sample of 1,903 Chinese people aged 60+ in Hong Kong. Respondents were interviewed face-to-face with a structured questionnaire. Using 8 as the cut-off point in the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15), the authors found that the prevalence rate was greater for the oldest old (31.1%) than for the young old (2.8%, age 60-69) or the old-old (22.4%, age 70-79). Logistic regression analysis revealed that financial status, poor self-rated health, loneliness, and heart disease were significantly and positively related to depression in the oldest old after gender, marital status, education, living arrangements, functional disability, sensory impairment, cognitive ability and the presence of eight medical conditions were controlled. Interestingly, financial strain, self-rated health and loneliness were found to be significant correlates of depression in the young-old and old-old, too. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050127511 A |
| Classmark | TKL: ENR: 3KB: 7DR |
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