A nationwide survey on the prevalence and risk factors of late life depression in South Korea

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• 作者：Joon Hyuk Park^a ; Ki Woong Kim^b ; ^{kwkimmd@snu.ac.kr} ; Myoung-Hee Kim^c ; Moon Doo Kim^a ; Bong-Jo Kim^d ; Shin-Kyum Kim^e ; Jeong Lan Kim^f ; Seok Woo Moon^g ; Jae Nam Bae^h ; Jong Inn Wooⁱ ; Seung-Ho Ryu^j ; Jong Chul Yoon^k ; Nam-Jin Lee^l ; Dong Young Leeⁱ ; Dong Woo Lee^m ; Seok Bum Leeⁿ ; Jung Jae Lee^o ; Jun-Young Lee^p ; Chang-Uk Lee^q ; Sung Man Chang^o ; Jin Hyeong Jhoo^r ; Maeng Je Choⁱ
• 关键词：Prevalence ; Risk ; Late life depression (LLD) ; South Korea
• 刊名：Journal of Affective Disorders
• 出版年：2012
• 期刊代码：141_01650327
• 类别：med
• 出版时间：April, 2012
• 卷：138
• 期：1-2
• 页码：34-40
• 文件大小：183 K

摘要

Objective

This study aimed to estimate prevalence rates and risk factors of LLD among a large nationwide sample of Korean elders in South Korea.

Method

Of 8199 randomly sampled Koreans aged 65 years or more, 6018 participated (response rate = 73.4%). Using the Korean version of the short form Geriatric Depression Scale (SGDS-K), we classified individual scoring 8 or 9 as having possible depression and those scoring 鈮?#xA0;10 as having probable depression.

Results

The age-, gender-, education-, and urbanicity-standardized prevalences were 10.1%(95%CI = 9.3-10.8) for possible depression, 17.8%(95%CI = 16.8-8.7) for probable depression, and 27.8%(95%CI = 26.7-29.0) for overall depression. Poverty, living alone, low education, illiteracy, smoking, history of head trauma, and low Mini Mental Status Examination score were associated with greater risk of depression, while mild alcohol use and moderate to heavy exercise were associated with lower risk of depression. However gender difference in the risk of depression was not found.

Conclusion

LLD is decidedly common in South Korea. It was associated with various sociodemographic and clinical factors, some of which are amendable through policy actions. This study was limited by use of the SGDS-K rather than a standardized clinical interview.