养老院老人与在家老人抑郁情绪之相关调查分析

The survey of depression of old people living in nursing homes and at home

采用老年抑郁量表(GDS)对242名老年人进行调查,探讨老年人抑郁情绪的状况。其结果表明:(1)养老院老人的抑郁情绪在性别上差异较大,且女性显著高于男性,而在家老人抑郁情绪在性别上则差异不大;(2)居住在城市的老年人抑郁情绪显著高于农村老年人;(3)丧偶老人抑郁指数显著高于未丧偶老人,且养老院丧偶老人抑郁指数高于在家丧偶老人。

242 old people were surveyed by GDS in order to find out the situation of depression of old people. The results suggested that （ 1 ） The depression of old people in nursing homes were different from sexes. Depression of female was obviously higher than the male. However, depression of old people living at home were not so obvious for different sexes ; （2） The index of depression of urban old people is much higher than rural old people; （3） The index of old people lost their mates was much higher than the those who did not lose their mates. Moreover, the index of old people lost their mates living in nursing homes was much higher than the those at home.