Citation

Kaneko Y, Motohashi Y, Sasaki H, Yamaji M. Community Ment. Health J. 2007; 43(6): 583-590.

Affiliation

Department of Public Health, Akita University School of Medicine, 1-1-1 Hondo, Akita, 010-8543, Japan. kaneko@med.akita-u.ac.jp

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, Holtzbrinck Springer Nature Publishing Group)

DOI

10.1007/s10597-007-9096-5

PMID

17619147

Abstract

To clarify the prevalence of depression in a rural community in Japan and to evaluate the social and familial risk factors for depression, with the goal of suicide prevention, a questionnaire survey was conducted on a total of 2,763 elderly persons. The determined prevalence of depressive symptoms (Zung's self-rated depression scale score of 50 points or more) was 10.4%. Logistic regression analysis showed associations between depressive symptoms and age, absence of a friendly companion, irritation with one's family, frequent loneliness, the opinion that stress has a large impact on one's life, suicide ideation, and poor subjective physical and mental health.

Language: en