对社区老年人抑郁状况的调查分析

An investigation and analysis of depression status of the elderly in the community

目的调查社区老年人的抑郁状况并分析影响因素。方法运用非随机抽样中的目的抽样法，运用老年抑郁量表（GDS）和研究者自行设计的问卷对社区162位老人进行抑郁状况的调查并运用X。检验进行统计学分析。结果社区老年人中抑郁的总发生率为23．5％，在测评与抑郁相关的7个因素中，文化程度、经济状况、对健康的自我评价、家庭支持、居住状况（P〈0．05）具有统计学意义。说明抑郁的发生与文化程度、经济状况、对健康的自我评价家庭支持、居住状况有一定关系。结论加强对文化程度低的老年人的关注，对他们提供教育和帮助；改善经济状况和健康状况，提高家庭支持，改变现有的居住状况能减少抑郁的发生，提高老年人的生活质量。

Objective To investigate the depression status of the elderly in community and analyze the influencing factors. Methods The method of purposive sampling in the non - random sampling, the Geriatric Depression Scale （GDS） and a questionnaire designed by the researchers were used to make a survey of depression in 162 old people in the community. Results 23.5% of the old people in the community suffered from depression, and of the 7 factors related to depression in the evaluation, degree of education, economic conditions, self - assessment to health, family support and living conditions （P 〈 0. 05） were all of statistical significance, which suggested that depression had something to do with degree of education, economic conditions, health conditions and family support. Conclusions The old people with little education should be paid more attention, offering education and help , improving their economic conditions and health conditions and family support and changing the present living conditions can reduce the happening of depression, improve the quality of life of the old people.