Abstract:
Objective To understand the incidence of geriatric depression and explore the risk factors of geriatric depressions in rural community of Anhui countries.
Methods 1236 non-depressed elderly of the study on rhe prevalence of depression among the elderly was followed up with one-yearinterval by using the Geriatric Mental State Schedule(GMSA GECAT)and Minimum Data Set(MDS).The data were analysis and by SPSS.
Results The incidence of depression among the elderly was 7.2%.χ2 analysis and Multinomial Logistic Regression analysis showed that there was sig nificantly difference between the male and female(P < 0.05), but the incidence of geriatric depression between different age, marital status, job and education degrees didn't have significant difference.Gender was risk factor of geriatric depression in the rural community(P < 0.05, (RR: 1.68, 95% CI 1.07~2.64).
Conclusion The incidence of geriatric depression is higher than what is expected.Female elderly is the high-risk population of geratric epression in the rural community and when interventions are maken, they should be focusd on.