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Depressive symptoms in old age
— relations among sociodemographic and self-reported health variables | | Author(s) | Gloria Teixeira Nicolosi, Deusivania Vieira da Silva Falcao, Samila Satler Tavares Batistoni |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 23, no 6, August 2011 |
| Pages | pp 941-949 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Depression ; Chronic illness ; Socio-economic groups [elderly] ; Poverty ; Brazil. |
| Annotation | Population-based cross-sectional research was undertaken using data from a study conducted in a poor area of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The participants were 303 older adults aged 65 years and over who attended a single-session data collection effort carried out at community centres. The protocol comprised sociodemographic and self-reported health variables, and the Geriatric Depression Scale. Most subjects reported five or fewer symptoms of depression (79.21%), reported one or two self-reported chronic diseases (56.86%), declared themselves to have one or two self-reported health problems (46.15%), and had good perceived health assessment (40.27%). The presence of depressive symptoms was associated with a higher number of self-reported health problems, poor perceived health assessment, and lower schooling levels, in the total sample and in analyses including men only. For women, depressive symptoms were associated with the number of self-reported health problems and family income. The presence of health problems, such as falls and memory problems, lower perceived health, and low education (and low family income for women) were associated with a higher presence of depressive symptoms. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-110913010 A |
| Classmark | ENR: CI: F:T4: W6: 7W6 |
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