■老年人患有关节炎等慢性疾病的患病率很高,尤其是抑郁症高达40%-70%。因此,探讨患有关节炎的老年人的抑郁症很重要。
■本研究旨在确定是否有任何人口统计学和临床因素与在风湿病诊所就诊的60岁以上患有关节炎的老年人的抑郁症有关。
■这是一项为期6个月的横断面研究,在尼日利亚东北地区的一所大学教学医院中,对127名老年人进行了随访护理。
■带有关节炎类型信息的临床形式,疾病的持续时间,住院治疗,使用药物,合并症用于数据收集。老年抑郁量表(GDS-30),社会人口统计学问卷和临床形式。使用统计产品和服务解决方案(SPSS)版本26.0分析数据,显著性水平设定为0.05。
■平均年龄(±标准差[s.d.])为66.6(±5.5)岁,男性占57.5%。抑郁症患病率为57.8%。骨关节炎30.2%,而69.8%有类风湿性关节炎。与抑郁症相关的社会人口统计学因素包括年龄(p=0.049),婚姻状况(p=0.001),和教育水平(p=0.001)。疾病持续时间(p=0.02),住院(p=0.03),和用药数量(p=0.01)是与抑郁评分相关的临床因素。
患有关节炎的老年人的抑郁症患病率很高,并且与女性有关,寡妇,没有正规教育;以及那些长期患病的人,那些使用多种药物的人,以及那些反复住院的人。
■这一发现可以增强对抑郁症的怀疑指数,以建立标准的操作程序,这将有助于改善照顾老年人群的治疗实践。
UNASSIGNED: Older adults have a high prevalence of chronic conditions like arthritis with morbidities, especially depression ranging up to 40% - 70%. Therefore, it is important to explore depression in older adults with arthritis.
UNASSIGNED: This study aimed to determine if any demographic and
clinical factors are associated with depression in older adults aged ≥ 60 years with arthritis attending a rheumatology clinic.
UNASSIGNED: This is a cross-sectional study conducted over 6 months among 127 older adults on follow-up care in a university teaching hospital in the North-Eastern region of Nigeria.
UNASSIGNED: A
clinical proforma with information about the type of arthritis, duration of illness, hospitalisation, use of medications, co-morbidity was utilised for the data collection. The Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS-30), sociodemographic questionnaire and
clinical proforma were administered. Data were analysed using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) version 26.0 with the level of significance set as 0.05.
UNASSIGNED: The mean age (± standard deviation [s.d.]) was 66.6 (± 5.5) years, with males constituting 57.5%. The prevalence of depression was 57.8%. Osteoarthritis 30.2%, while 69.8% had rheumatoid arthritis. Sociodemographic factors associated with depression include age (p = 0.049), marital status (p = 0.001), and level of education (p = 0.001). Duration of illness (p = 0.02), hospitalisation (p = 0.03), and number of medications (p = 0.01) were
clinical factors associated with depression score.
UNASSIGNED: The prevalence of depression in older people with arthritis is high and was associated with females, the widowed, no formal education; and those with long duration of illness, those using multiple medications, and those with repeated hospitalisation.
UNASSIGNED: This finding can enhance the suspicion index for depression to establish standard operating procedures, which will help to improve therapeutic practice for caring for the older adult age group.