Prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors in Brazilian older adults

2019 Brazilian National Health Survey

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ID5223418
AutoresFrederico Kochen Trevisan (0009-0000-2870-4040, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), R H Da Silva (0000-0002-3215-6689, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Simone Farías-Antúnez (0000-0002-1546-4217, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina), Marui W C Giehl (0000-0002-4460-3116, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina)
Año2024
Volumen40
Número12
Páginase00006124-e00006124
Fecha de publicación2024-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCadernos de Saude Publica (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0102-311X • E-ISSN: 1678-4464
EditorialFapUNIFESP (SciELO) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1590/0102-311xen006124
PMID39936741
OpenAlexW4407255359
SCIELO_PIDS0102-311X2024001201405
IdiomaEN
Referencias citadas32

This study aimed to describe the prevalence of depressive symptoms and associated factors among older adults. A cross-sectional population-based study using data from the 2019 Brazilian National Health Survey was carried out. The prevalence of depressive symptoms was determined using the 9-item Patient Health Questionnaire (PHQ-9), and associations were tested according to sociodemographic, health and behavioral variables. Crude and adjusted prevalence ratios (PR) with 95% confidence intervals (95%CI) were calculated using Poisson's regression. The overall prevalence of depressive symptoms was 10.7% (95%CI: 9.9; 11.5). Higher PHQ-9 scores were associated with female gender (PR = 2.11, 95%CI: 1.82; 2.44), lack of participation in religious activities (PR = 1.20, 95%CI: 1.07; 1.35), nonsmoking status (PR = 1.55, 95%CI: 1.32; 1.83), poor or very poor self-perceived health (PR = 7.55, 95%CI: 5.82; 9.80), and multimorbidity (PR = 2.26, 95%CI: 1.85; 2.75). Higher education (PR = 0.55, 95%CI: 0.42; 0.73), income (PR = 0.68, 95%CI: 0.54; 0.85), and physical activity (PR = 0.72, 95%CI: 0.57; 0.90) were found to be negatively associated with the outcome. The most prevalent depressive symptoms were: sleeping problems (24.8%, 95%CI: 23.8; 25.8), not feeling rested or willing/feeling without energy (14.5%, 95%CI: 13.7; 15.4), and being depressed/down/without perspective (10.5%, 95%CI: 9.7; 11.2). These findings highlight the importance of prioritizing the identification and treatment of depressive symptoms in older Brazilian populations, particularly given that one in ten older Brazilians experience depressive symptoms

Anxiety · Confidence interval · Cross-sectional study · Depression (economics) · Depressive symptoms · Environmental health · Feeling · Patient Health Questionnaire · Poisson regression · Population · Psychiatry · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Demography · Health and Wellbeing Research · Health disparities and outcomes · Internal Medicine · Medicine · Psychology