Prevalence of depressed mood and loss of interest among community-dwelling older people: Large-scale questionnaire survey and visiting intervention

Geriatrics & Gerontology International
Tsuyoshi OkamuraShuichi Awata

Abstract

Late-life depression is identified less often by general practitioners than depression in younger adults, but failure to have late-life depression recognized in a primary care setting can have fatal consequences. The aim of the present study was to examine the prevalence of depressed mood and loss of interest, and identify associated factors among community-dwelling older adults in a large-scale study. A questionnaire was mailed to all residents (n = 132 005) aged ≥65 years in one Tokyo district. The questionnaire asked about depressed mood and loss of interest. It also included items measuring sociodemographic variables, physical health-related variables, psychological variables, socioeconomic variables, attitude to the community and the Dementia Assessment Sheet for Community-based Integrated Care System - 21 items. In total, 19.5% of community-dwelling older people had experienced a depressed mood or loss of interest during the past month. This group also showed increased frailty and a negative attitude towards the community, and were less likely to be economically disadvantaged (although more likely to have had a childhood economic disadvantage). The multivariate analysis showed that increased frailty had the strongest rela...Continue Reading

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