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| Prevalence and risk factors for depressive symptoms among community-dwelling elders in Taiwan | | Author(s) | Yun-Fang Tsai, Shu-Hui Yeh, Hsiu-Hsin Tsai |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 20, no 11, November 2005 |
| Pages | pp 1097-1102 |
| Source | http://www.interscience.wiley.com |
| Keywords | Depression ; Symptoms ; Living in the community ; Screening ; Taiwan. |
| Annotation | Depression in older people has become a serious health care issue worldwide. To determine the prevalence and risk factors of depressive symptoms in older people living in the community in Taiwan, the authors used stratified random sampling to recruit a representative sample of 1,200 participants aged 65+ from northern, middle, southern and eastern regions of Taiwan. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 27.5%. Logistic regression analysis demonstrated that having a respiratory disease, poor cognitive function, poor social support network, dissatisfaction with living situation, perception of poor health status, and perceived income inadequacy were significant predictors of depressive symptoms in this sample. The risk factors identified in this study need to be considered when assessing older people's health. In addition, interventions to reduce older people's depressive symptoms should include strategies to change some of these modifiable risk factors. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-060106212 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CT: K4: 3V: 7DP |
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