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Academia Mexicana de Neurología, A.C.

2016, Number 3

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Rev Mex Neuroci 2016; 17 (3)

Depressive symptoms and associated factors in an elderly population

Paredes-Arturo YV, Aguirre- Acevedo DC

Language: Spanish
References: 29
Page: 26-38
PDF size: 174.06 Kb.


ABSTRACT

Introduction: The population of older adults in Colombia has increased significantly each year. Depression in elderly is an interesting problem for public health policies. More than a half of elderly people presents their first depressive episode after 60 years old. Sociodemographic factors and health condition could be associated.
Objective: To determine the relationship between depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly population.
Material and methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted on 219 participants from San Juan de Pasto-Colombia. Sociodemographic characteristics, health conditions and depressive symptoms using geriatric depression scales were evaluated. To analyze the data the multivariate logistic regression analysis was used.
Results: The overall prevalence of depressive symptoms was 38.4%. Education (OR: 4.4; IC95% 1.0 to 19.9), marital status (OR: 3.0; 95% CI 1.3 to 7.1), income (OR: 3.7; IC95% 1.5 to 8.9), health perception (OR: 10.3, 95% CI 3.0 to 35.5), obesity (OR: 2.5; 95% CI 1.1 to 5.7), dyslipidemia (OR: 1.9; 95% CI 1.0 to 3.6) and COPD (OR: 5.5; 95% CI 1.2 to 24.7).
Conclusions: Sociodemographic characteristics that lead to economic dependency and the presence of chronic diseases could explain the increased prevalence of depressive symptoms in adults from the city of San Juan de Pasto, Colombia.


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