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KMID : 1007420130110020073
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Mood and Emotion
2013 Volume.11 No. 2 p.73 ~ p.78
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A Study of Factors Influencing Depressive Symptoms and Suicidal Ideation among Elderly in a Small and Medium-Sized City
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Jang Min-Uk
Lee Hye-Jin
Bahk Won-Myong
Lee Sang-Yeol
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Abstract
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Objectives : This study was aimed to investigate the prevalence of depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation and to analyze the factors influencing on depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation.
Methods : 300 data among the elderly over 65 years old were analyzed. Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form-Korean (GDSSF-K), Scale for Suicidal Ideation (SSI), Rosenberg Self-Esteem Scale, Scale of Social Support (SSS), Brief Encounter Psychosocial Instrument (BEPSI-K) were used to evaluate. We compared depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation among multiple factors and analyzed multiple regression with depressive symptoms and suicidal ideation as criterion variables.
Results : The prevalence of depressive symptoms in elderly was 22% and suicidal ideation was 16.6%. There were differences about the depressive symptoms figuring out from sex (p＜.01), education (p＜.05), marital status (p＜ .05), sleep (p＜.05). Depressive symptoms have relation with self-esteem (r=-.588, p＜.01), stress (r=.522, p＜.01) and social-support (r=-.508, p＜.01). These are explained 45.7% of the depressive symptoms. There were differences in suicidal ideation according to marital status (p＜.05), medical insurance (p＜.05). Suicidal ideation was related to self-esteem (r=-.467, p＜.01), depressive symptoms (r=.482, p＜.01) and stress (r=.435, p＜.01). These factors accounted for 30.3% of suicidal ideation.
Conclusion : These results showed that the most important variable influencing on depressive symptoms was self-esteem and influencing on suicidal ideation was depressive symp-toms.
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KEYWORD
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Elderly, Depressive symptoms, Suicidal ideation
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