Gender-specific factors associated with risk of depression among Lebanese older adults

Autor: Pascale Salameh, Christa Boulos
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Psychogeriatrics : the official journal of the Japanese Psychogeriatric SocietyREFERENCES. 21(4)
ISSN: 1479-8301
Popis: BACKGROUND Depression among older adults is a frequent and underdiagnosed condition. However, there is a paucity of research on mental health problems among elderly people in Arab countries. The purpose of this study was to describe the risk of depression among a representative sample of older Lebanese adults living in rural areas and to identify gender-specific factors associated with depression risk. METHODS This study included a randomly selected sample of 823 rural elderly people aged ≥65 years without cognitive decline. Data, including sociodemographic characteristics, living condition, health and functional status, were collected during face-to-face interviews. Depression was assessed by the five-item Geriatric Depression Scale. RESULTS Risk for depression was significantly higher in women than in men (39.5% vs 26.2%, P
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