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Metas de Enfermería

Metas de Enfermería

DICIEMBRE 2015 N° 10 Volumen 18

Risk of depression in institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly persons in the city of Madrid

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Muñoz Cruz R, Rodríguez Mármol M. Riesgo de depresión en ancianos institucionalizados y no institucionalizados de la ciudad de Madrid. Metas Enferm dic 2015/ene 2016; 18(10): 49-54.

Authors

1Rafael Muñoz Cruz, 2María Rodríguez Mármol

Position

1    Máster en Investigación e Innovación en Salud, cuidados y Calidad de vida. Máster en Gerontología Social: Longevidad, Salud y Calidad de Vida. Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid.2    Máster en Investigación e Innovación en Salud, cuidados y Calidad de vida. Máster en Gerontología Social: Longevidad, Salud y Calidad de Vida. Hospital Comarcal de Alcañiz. Teruel.

Contact address

Rafael Muñoz Cruz. C/ La Cerradura, 10. 23160 Los Villares (Jaén).

Contact email: rafamunozcruz@gmail.com

Abstract

Objective: to compare the levels of depression between a population of institutionalized old persons and another population of old persons living at home, as well as to describe the self-perceptive differences between both groups.
Method: a descriptive transversal study on a sample of 182 >65-year-old persons; 97 of them were living at home and 85 were institutionalized, all of them in the city of Madrid. It was determined that they should not have been diagnosed with any depressive problem or any type of psychological condition. The measurement was conducted with the EDDA scale, which has been designed for detecting depression in elderly patients. Data analysis was conducted by using frequencies and percentages for qualitative variables, and mean values with standard deviation for quantitative variables. The Chi-Square Test was used to explore into any statistically significant differences in the response rates between both groups, and the magnitude of the association was measured through odds ratio and its 95% confidence interval.
Results: the number of participants who presented risk of depression was 94 persons, which represents 51.6% of the entire population studied. When segmenting by place of dwelling, 68 (80%) institutionalized participants presented risk of depression, while 26 (26.8%) elderly persons living at home presented risk of depression. These differences were statistically significant (p= 0.000).
Conclusions: unstitutionalization is a risk factor for developing depression in elderly people. Sleep disorders, susceptibility, or a feeling of worsening in their health, are the main characteristics which define elderly persons with depression.

Keywords:

elderly person; depression; institutionalization; Primary Care

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Título:

Riesgo de depresión en ancianos institucionalizados y no institucionalizados de la ciudad de Madrid