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Anales de la Facultad de Medicina

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MARTINA, Martha et al. Depression and associated factors in the Peruvian elderly population according to ENDES 2014-2015. An. Fac. med. [online]. 2017, vol.78, n.4, pp.393-397. ISSN 1025-5583.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15381/anales.v78i4.14259.

Objectives: The study aims to estimate the prevalence and associated factors of depression in the peruvian older adults using the results of the Demographic and Family Health Survey 2014-2015 (ENDES). Design: The study was observational, transversal and analytic. Institution: UNMSM. Participants: Olders adults. Interventions: Probabilistic sample of 11411 older adults who participated in the ENDES 2014-2015. Main Outcomes: Prevalence estimates, means, standard deviations and OR with 95% confidence probability and p-values. Results: Depression prevalence was estimated as 14%. Identified risk factors for depression were being female [OR 1.92 (1.72 2.15)]; being ≥ 75 years old (OR 1.56 (1.40 1.74)]; lack of education (OR 2.63 (2.35 2.95)]; living without a couple [OR 1.32 (1.19 1.45)]; living in rural areas [OR 2.12 (1.90 2.36)]; being poor [OR 2.30 (2.06 2.56)] and having physical disabilities. Conclusions: Depression prevalence in peruvian older adults is substantial. Risk factors were being female, being older, lacking education, living without a couple, living in rural areas, poverty, and physical disabilities.

Keywords : Depression; Elderly; Adjustment Disorders.

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