Risk Factors of Socio-Demographic Variables to Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality in Elderly Who Live Alone at One Urban Region

Park, Hoon-Sub; Oh, Hee-jin; Kwon, Min-Young; Kang, Min-Jeong; Eun, Tae-Kyung; Seo, Min-Cheol; Oh, Jong-Kil; Kim, Eui-Joong; Joo, Eun-Jeong; Bang, Soo-Young; Lee, Kyu Young

Risk Factors of Socio-Demographic Variables to Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality in Elderly Who Live Alone at One Urban Region

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Author: Park, Hoon-Sub (을지병원 정신건강의학과) Oh, Hee-jin (서울특별시 도봉구 정신건강증진센터) Kwon, Min-Young (서울특별시 도봉구 정신건강증진센터) Kang, Min-Jeong (서울특별시 도봉구 정신건강증진센터) Eun, Tae-Kyung (을지병원 정신건강의학과) Seo, Min-Cheol (을지병원 정신건강의학과) Oh, Jong-Kil (을지병원 정신건강의학과) Kim, Eui-Joong (을지병원 정신건강의학과) Joo, Eun-Jeong (을지병원 정신건강의학과)

Journal: 한국정신신체의학회 정신신체의학 정신신체의학 제23권 제1호

Published: 2015.1

Pages: 36 - 46 (11page)

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Risk Factors of Socio-Demographic Variables to Depressive Symptoms and Suicidality in Elderly Who Live Alone at One Urban Region

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Objectives: To understand the risk factors of demographic data in geriatric depression scale, and suicidality among in elderly who live alone at one urban region. Methods:In 2009, 589 elderly who live alone(age${\geq}$65) were carried out a survey about several socio-demographic data, Korean version of the Geriatric Depression Scale(SGDS-K) and Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire (SIQ). Statistical analysis was performed for the collected data. Results: Mean age of elderly who live alone is 75.69(SD 6.17). 40.1% of participants uneducated, 31.4% graduate from elementary school, 12.9% graduate from high school, 11.7% graduate from middle school, 3.2% graduate from university. Religionless, having past history of depression or physical diseases, low subjective satisfaction of family situation, and not having any social group activity have significance to depressive symptoms of elderly who live alone. Having past history of depression, religionless, low subjective satisfaction of family situation have significance to suicidality. Especially, low subjective satisfaction of family situation and having past history of depression are powerful demographic factor both depressive symptoms and suicidality of elderly who live alone. Conclusions: When we take care elderly who live alone, we should consider many things, but especially the social support network such as family satisfaction and past history of depression for reducing or preventing their depression and suicide both elderly depression and suicide who live alone.

#우울증상 #자살경향성 #인구학적 변인 #독거노인

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