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| Prevalence of depression among elderly Chinese with diabetes | | Author(s) | Kee-Lee Chou, Iris Chi |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 6, June 2005 |
| Pages | pp 570-575 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Chinese people ; Depression ; Diabetes ; Correlation ; Hong Kong. |
| Annotation | The association between diabetes and depression in older Chinese was examined, also the extent to which depression is mediated by physical disability and diabetes-related comorbid conditions. In this cross-sectional study, 2,003 respondents aged 60+ living in Hong Kong were interviewed. 12% reported physician-diagnosed diabetes, and of these, 26% reported elated levels of depressive symptoms. Logistic regression analyses revealed that diabetes was significantly related to depression even when controlling for age, gender, marital status and education. More importantly, when adjusted for self-reported disability in three domains including self-care, mobility and higher functioning did not attenuate this association, but the association disappeared after adjusting for four diabetes-related complications including heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and vision problems. Diabetes is associated with depression, and this association appears to be mediated by prevalent diabetes complications. This is of particular clinical importance, because although depression is often overlooked in older populations, effective treatment is available and can result in improved medical outcomes. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-050620204 A |
| Classmark | TKL: ENR: CPD: 49: 7DR |
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