Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health Care
Objective: to analyze depressive symptoms and its associated factors, the use of antidepressants and the presence of a diagnosis of depression in the elderly. Methods: cross-sectional study with 248 elderly people attended in Basic Health Units using the Geriatric Depression Scale - Short Form. A ch...
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| author | Rosmarie Hajjar Giovanna Gaudenci Nardelli Eliana Maria Gaudenci Álvaro da Silva Santos |
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| description | Objective: to analyze depressive symptoms and its associated factors, the use of antidepressants and the presence of a diagnosis of depression in the elderly. Methods: cross-sectional study with 248 elderly people attended in Basic Health Units using the Geriatric Depression Scale - Short Form. A chi-square test, the odds ratio and a binary logistic regression were used to analyze the data. Results: depressive symptoms were identified in 32.7% of the elderly, 25.4% with scores indicative of mild depression and 7.3% of severe depression. Physical activity and comorbidities were the factors associated with the presence of depressive symptoms. Among the elderly, 22.2% presented a previous diagnosis of depression and 17.0% of them used antidepressants. Conclusion: depressive symptoms were associated with physical inactivity and comorbidities. Fewer than half of the elderly with indicatives of severe depression used antidepressants. The report of a previous diagnosis of depression was more frequent than the indicatives of severe depression. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-acf60de407b342f281dfc1dcdae4bd342025-08-20T12:51:25ZengUniversidade Federal do CearáRev Rene1517-38522175-67832018-01-01186Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health CareRosmarie HajjarGiovanna Gaudenci NardelliEliana Maria GaudenciÁlvaro da Silva SantosObjective: to analyze depressive symptoms and its associated factors, the use of antidepressants and the presence of a diagnosis of depression in the elderly. Methods: cross-sectional study with 248 elderly people attended in Basic Health Units using the Geriatric Depression Scale - Short Form. A chi-square test, the odds ratio and a binary logistic regression were used to analyze the data. Results: depressive symptoms were identified in 32.7% of the elderly, 25.4% with scores indicative of mild depression and 7.3% of severe depression. Physical activity and comorbidities were the factors associated with the presence of depressive symptoms. Among the elderly, 22.2% presented a previous diagnosis of depression and 17.0% of them used antidepressants. Conclusion: depressive symptoms were associated with physical inactivity and comorbidities. Fewer than half of the elderly with indicatives of severe depression used antidepressants. The report of a previous diagnosis of depression was more frequent than the indicatives of severe depression.https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/31077DepressionAntidepressive AgentsAgedPrimary Health Care. |
| spellingShingle | Rosmarie Hajjar Giovanna Gaudenci Nardelli Eliana Maria Gaudenci Álvaro da Silva Santos Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health Care Rev Rene Depression Antidepressive Agents Aged Primary Health Care. |
| title | Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health Care |
| title_full | Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health Care |
| title_fullStr | Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health Care |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health Care |
| title_short | Depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the Primary Health Care |
| title_sort | depressive symptoms and associated factors in elderly people in the primary health care |
| topic | Depression Antidepressive Agents Aged Primary Health Care. |
| url | https://periodicos.ufc.br/rene/article/view/31077 |
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