Screening for depressive symptoms in older adults in the Family Health Strategy, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Bibliographic Data

ID10723622
AuthorsEduardo Lopes Nogueira (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), Leonardo Librelotto Rubin (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), Sara de Souza Giacobbo (Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), Irenio Gomes (0000-0003-2083-5059, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul), Alfredo Cataldo Neto (0000-0002-8082-1866, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul)
Year2014
Volume48
Issue3
Pages368-377
Publication date2014-06-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueRevista de Saúde Pública (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0034-8910 • E-ISSN: 0034-8910
PublisherFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/s0034-8910.2014048004660
PMID25119932
OpenAlexW1967857200
SciELOS0034-89102014000300368
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited19

OBJECTIVE To analyze the prevalence of depression in older adults and associated factors. METHODS Cross-sectional study using a stratified random sample of 621 individuals aged ≥ 60 from 27 family health teams in Porto Alegre, RS, Southern Brazil, between 2010 and 2012. Community health agents measured depression using the 15-item Geriatric Depression Scale. Scores of ≥ 6 were considered as depression and between 11 and 15 as severe depression. Poisson regression was used to search for independent associations of sociodemographic and self-perceived health with both depression and its severity. RESULTS The prevalence of depression was 30.6% and was significantly higher in women (35.9% women versus 20.9% men, p

Anxiety · Depression (economics) · Depressive symptoms · Environmental health · Functional illiteracy · Geriatric Depression Scale · Poisson regression · Population · Psychiatry · Aging and Gerontology Research · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research · Demography · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Gerontology

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