Factors associated with depressive symptoms measured by the 12-item General Health Questionnaire in Community-Dwelling Older Adults (The Bambuí Health Aging Study)

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(RP = 1,15; IC95%: 1,33), faixa etária de 80 anos ou mais (RP = 1,22; IC95%: 1,54) comparada com idades entre 60 e 69 anos, ser solteiro (RP = 1,25; IC95%: 1,46) e ser separado (RP = 1,30; IC95%: 1,65), anos de escolaridade inferior a quatro anos (RP = 1,42; IC95%: 1,00), percepção da saúde como razoável (RP = 1,84; IC95%: 1,34) e ruim ou muito ruim (RP = 2,44; IC95%: 1,12), incapacidade funcional (RP = 1,39; IC95%: 1,57) e insônia nos últimos 30 dias (RP = 1,77; IC95%: 1,57

Sintomas depressivos em idosos residentes em áreas de abrangência das Unidades Básicas de Saúde da zona urbana de Bagé, RS

“…Both studies are population-based and used the Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS). In Bambuí, Minas Gerais, in 2008, by using the General Health Questionnaire (GHQ-12), it was detected that 38.5% of the elderly people presented depressive symptoms 12 . The higher prevalence of depressive symptoms among females could be explained by the social issues to which women are exposed, such as domestic violence and discrimination concerning access to education, income, food and work, health care and social security 20 .…”

“…REV BRAS EPIDEMIOL JAN-MAR 2015; 18(1): [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] There is variability in the prevalence of depressive symptoms among the elderly in different parts of the world, depending on social, cultural, ethnic characteristics and morbidities, including variations in the same country. A study conducted in nine European cities with individuals aged 65 years old or more, living in the community, identified, in average, a 12.3% prevalence of depressive symptoms, with 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of 11.8 -12.9, being 14.1% among women (95%CI 13.5 -14.8) and 8.6% among male individuals (95%CI -7.9 -9.3) 7 .…”

“…A study conducted in nine European cities with individuals aged 65 years old or more, living in the community, identified, in average, a 12.3% prevalence of depressive symptoms, with 95% confidence interval (95%CI) of 11.8 -12.9, being 14.1% among women (95%CI 13.5 -14.8) and 8.6% among male individuals (95%CI -7.9 -9.3) 7 . In Brazil, population-based studies that assessed depressive symptoms among the elderly were conducted in the states of Paraíba 8 , São Paulo 9 , Rio Grande do Sul 10 , Rio Grande do Norte 11 and Minas Gerais 12 . The observed prevalence ranged between 18.8 (95%CI 16.8 -20.8) and 38.5% (95%CI 36.0 -41.0).…”

Depressive morbidity among elderly individuals who are hospitalized, reside at long-term care facilities, and are under outpatient care in Brazil: a meta-analysis

“…After excluding studies that appeared in more than one database or did not assess depression, 35 studies remained. Of these studies, that by Almeida (1999) was excluded because it assessed patients with dementia, seven studies were excluded because they assessed community-based elderly individuals, [10][11][12][13][14][15][16] and five were excluded because they did not report prevalence rates among the elderly. [17][18][19][20][21] Six studies that assessed samples comprising less than 100 individuals [22][23][24][25][26][27] were retained.…”

A Avaliação Global da Pessoa Idosa como Instrumento de Educação Médica: Relato de Experiência

“…Por outro lado, numa coorte sobre a depressão em Bambuí (MG), encontrou-se 38,5% 28 de incidência de depressão por meio do General Health Questionnaire de 12 itens (GHQ-12), portanto sob outros critérios. Uma provável explicação para a diferença encontrada entre os estudos que utilizaram o GDS-15 e o que empregou o GHQ-12 seria uma sensibilidade maior deste em relação àquele, enquanto o GDS seria mais específico para depressão 8,28 .…”