Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
10th International Congress of the European Union Geriatric Medicine Society, Rotterdam, Hollanda, 17 - 19 Eylül 2014, ss.232-233
Introduction: One of the common geriatric syndromes is depression. The objective of this study was to investigate frequency of depression and to examine the predictors of it in geriatric patients older than age 75.
Methods: 186 patients older than 75 years of age were included to the study. All subjects were asked to complete ‘Geriatric Depression Scale-Short Form (GDS-SF)’ to assess depression. Multiple linear regressions were used to study the effects of continuous variables such as age, body mass index, marital status, whom lives with, having a self-room at home, frequency of contact with relatives, exercise, chewing problem, difficulties in swallowing, having a special diet, fear of falling, involuntary waking up early, urinary incontinence, constipation, impairment in cognition, nutritional status (Mini Nutritional Assessment-Short Form, MNA-SF), frailty, number of illness, number of medicines.
Results: Mean GDS-SF score was 3.49±3.3 (min. 0, max. 14). 30.7% of patients had ‘mild’ type depression at least. There was no significant difference between male and female groups. In multivariate regression analyses; low exercise, chewing problem, fear of falling, involuntary waking up early, constipation and low MNA-SF scores showed significantly association with depression (p = 0.03).
Conclusion: We observed mild or over depression in nearly 1/3 of patients older than 75 years of age. It is important that to assess depression and predictors of it in geriatric patients.