湖州市城区老年期抑郁症的流行病学调查

An epidemiological survey of depression in the elderly in urban areas of Huzhou

根据分层随机抽样方法，进行了老年期抑郁症的流行病学调查。在湖州市城区３２３５３名居民中，有２９９３名６５岁以上的老年人，抽取１０００名按统一的诊断标准调查，其中７９例患抑郁症，患病率为７９．００‰。资料表明，老年期抑郁症的发生与生活事件、社会支持的关系密切，老年期抑郁症患者的日常生活能力明显低于对照组。提示日常生活能力的下降除了年龄、躯体因素外，抑郁情绪也是一个不可忽视的因素。

Abstract An epidemiological survey of depression in the elderly was carried out with the stratified random sampling method.Among 32 353 inhabitants in urban areas of Huzhou,there were 2993 persons over 65 years old.A sample of 1000 cases was studied and 79 cases of depression in the elderly were diagnosed according to standardized criteria.The prevalence rate of depression in the elderly was 79.00‰.The result showed that the occurence of depression in the elderly was closely related to life events and social assistance.The ability of daily life in the elderly depression was significantly lower than that in the control group.Besides age and somatic factor,depressed emotion was a factor not to be neglected for lowering the ability of daily life.