The prevalence of depressive symptoms in an elderly population and their relation to life situations in home care

dc.contributor.author	Κλεισιάρης, Χρήστος	en
dc.contributor.author	Μάνιου, Μαρία	el
dc.contributor.author	Παπαθανασίου, Ιωάννα	el
dc.contributor.author	Σφηνιαδάκη, Αδριάννα	el
dc.contributor.author	Collaku, Eda	en
dc.date.accessioned	2014-07-20T14:58:37Z
dc.date.available	2014-07-20T14:58:37Z
dc.date.issued	2014-07-20
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/1469
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	www.hsj.gr	en
dc.subject	Primary care (Medicine)
dc.subject	Home care services
dc.subject	Ηλικιωμένοι
dc.subject	Κατάθλιψη
dc.subject	Zung self-rating depression scale
dc.title	The prevalence of depressive symptoms in an elderly population and their relation to life situations in home care	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.generalDescription	Research article	en
heal.classification	Medicine and psychology
heal.classification	Primary care (Medicine)
heal.classification	Ιατρική και ψυχολογία
heal.classification	Νοσηλευτική
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heal.classificationURI	N/A-Ιατρική και ψυχολογία
heal.classificationURI	N/A-Νοσηλευτική
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heal.language	en
heal.access	free
heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας.Σχολή Επαγγελμάτων Υγείας και Πρόνοιας. Τμήμα Νοσηλευτικής	el
heal.publicationDate	2013-12
heal.bibliographicCitation	Kleisiaris, C., Maniou, M., Papathanasiou, I. & Sfiniadaki, A. (December 2013). The prevalence of depressive symptoms in an elderly population and their relation to life situations in home care. “Health Science Journal”. 7(4):417-423.	en
heal.abstract	Background: Depression is a common mental disorder manifested by loss of interest or pleasure, feelings of guilt or low self-esteem, disturbed sleep or appetite, low energy and poor concentration. Depression is a normal part of aging, but unfortunately it is very common in the elderly. Aim: The assessment of the subjective disposition of the elderly as reflected in the last week. Design and Methods: The sample consisted of 200 elderly of 4 nursing homes in Heraklion of Crete. The study was conducted with the quantify-descriptive method. Depression was quantified using the Zung Self-Rating Depression Scale (ZSDS). Analysis included the test x2 analysis, the r-Pearson partial correlation coefficient and the calculation of Cronbach's alpha (α). The data analysis was performed using the statistical programme IBM SPSS 19.0. Results: Cronbach's alpha for the ZSDS questionnaire was 0.81. Most of sample were female (64.5%), aged above 80 years (68.5%), with low level of education (90.5%). The prevalence of depressive symptoms was 58.5%. A significant statistically correlation appears in the elderly with cardiovascular diseases (P-value = 0,001), already diagnosed depression (P-value < 0,005), self-care (P-value = 0,001), living with spouse (P-value = 0,011) indicating greater depressive mood. Moreover, loss of child increases the degree of depression (P-value = 0,037). Conclusions: The life situations of elderly such as self-care, loss of child, loneliness and chronic diseases are directly related to appearance of the daily mood. Moreover, depression is related with cardiovascular diseases (CVD)	en
heal.publisher	Μαρβάκη, Χριστίνα	el
heal.journalName	Health Science Journal	en
heal.journalType	peer-reviewed
heal.fullTextAvailability	true
heal.dateCreated	2013-10