La depresión en la vejezun importante problema de salud en México

  1. RIVERA NAVARRO, Jesús 1
  2. BENITO-LEÓN, Julián 2
  3. PAZZI OLAZARÁN, Karla Amalia 3
  1. 1 Universidad de Salamanca
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    Universidad de Salamanca

    Salamanca, España

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  2. 2 Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid
  3. 3 Servicio médico Ban Rural
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Journal:
América latina hoy: Revista de ciencias sociales

ISSN: 1130-2887

Year of publication: 2015

Issue Title: Políticas sobre el envejecimiento

Volume: 71

Pages: 103-118

Type: Article

DOI: 10.14201/ALH201571103118 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openOpen access editor

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Abstract

Depression is a disease which has an especially worrying impact on old aged people due to the increased risk factors for diseases in this age group. In Mexico there are very few studies on depression in aging. The objectives of our study are: 1) to estimate the prevalence of depressive symptoms in old aged people and; 2) to analyze the relation between depressive symptoms and different risk factors of depression. The research is a cross-sectional population study and was made in Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas state. 1,126 elderly were interviewed (455 male and 671 female), which constituted 5.1% of the old age population in Ciudad Victoria. Depression was measured on the Geriatric Depression Scale. The results point out: 1) the prevalence of depressive symptoms was estimated to be 29% of the interviewed subjects; 2) the factors favoring depression were the dependence on daily life activities, cognitive impairment, lack of social support, age, gender, loneliness, poverty, stressful events and subjective perception of health. Decreasing depression is not only related to improvement of health but also to the improvement of the conditions of old age life.

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