Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional study
ObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of depression symptoms and quality of life (QoL) and examined the influence of factors in the empty nest elderly.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study, which was conducted from February 2022 to May 2022. We recruited a convenience sample of no empty-nest elderl...
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| description | ObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of depression symptoms and quality of life (QoL) and examined the influence of factors in the empty nest elderly.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study, which was conducted from February 2022 to May 2022. We recruited a convenience sample of no empty-nest elderly and empty-nest elderly (≥60 years) living in Chengdu. QoL was assessed using WHOQOL-BREF, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) was used to assess depression symptoms. Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze data between independent variables with depression symptoms.ResultsTwo thousand twenty-six participants were included in this study, 39.0% (660/1,082) experienced depression symptoms among empty-nest elderly. Age (aOR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00–1.04; P = 0.046), chronic disease≥2 (aOR, 3.29; 95% CI, 2.50–4.33; P < 0.001) were associated with increased risk of depression symptoms, and physical activity (aOR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.40–0.87; P = 0.008), physical health (aOR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.88–0.99; P = 0.026), psychological health (aOR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.87–0.98; P = 0.013), and total score (aOR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96–0.99; P < 0.001) were associated with decreased risk of depression symptoms among empty-nest elderly.ConclusionsDepression symptoms are common mental health problems among empty-nest elderly. We found that age, chronic disease ≥2 and physical activity were important factors that have an impact on depressive symptoms. Empty-nest elderly would have lowered QoL score. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8196f9d263734f998df17f43b7e29c302022-12-22T04:38:05ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Psychiatry1664-06402022-11-011310.3389/fpsyt.2022.10032611003261Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional studyLanying He0Jian Wang1Feng Wang2Lili Zhang3Yinglin Liu4Fan Xu5Department of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Neurology, The Second People's Hospital of Chengdu, Chengdu, ChinaDepartment of Public Health, Chengdu Medical College, Chengdu, ChinaObjectivesTo estimate the prevalence of depression symptoms and quality of life (QoL) and examined the influence of factors in the empty nest elderly.MethodsThis was a cross-sectional study, which was conducted from February 2022 to May 2022. We recruited a convenience sample of no empty-nest elderly and empty-nest elderly (≥60 years) living in Chengdu. QoL was assessed using WHOQOL-BREF, Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-15) was used to assess depression symptoms. Multivariable logistic regression was used to analyze data between independent variables with depression symptoms.ResultsTwo thousand twenty-six participants were included in this study, 39.0% (660/1,082) experienced depression symptoms among empty-nest elderly. Age (aOR, 1.02; 95% CI, 1.00–1.04; P = 0.046), chronic disease≥2 (aOR, 3.29; 95% CI, 2.50–4.33; P < 0.001) were associated with increased risk of depression symptoms, and physical activity (aOR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.40–0.87; P = 0.008), physical health (aOR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.88–0.99; P = 0.026), psychological health (aOR, 0.93; 95% CI, 0.87–0.98; P = 0.013), and total score (aOR, 0.97; 95% CI, 0.96–0.99; P < 0.001) were associated with decreased risk of depression symptoms among empty-nest elderly.ConclusionsDepression symptoms are common mental health problems among empty-nest elderly. We found that age, chronic disease ≥2 and physical activity were important factors that have an impact on depressive symptoms. Empty-nest elderly would have lowered QoL score.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1003261/fullempty-nest elderlyquality of lifedepressionmental healthWHOQOL-BREF |
| spellingShingle | Lanying He Jian Wang Feng Wang Lili Zhang Yinglin Liu Fan Xu Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional study Frontiers in Psychiatry empty-nest elderly quality of life depression mental health WHOQOL-BREF |
| title | Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full | Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional study |
| title_fullStr | Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional study |
| title_short | Depression symptoms and quality of life in empty-nest elderly among Chengdu: A cross-sectional study |
| title_sort | depression symptoms and quality of life in empty nest elderly among chengdu a cross sectional study |
| topic | empty-nest elderly quality of life depression mental health WHOQOL-BREF |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2022.1003261/full |
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