title: [Depression in the elderly and the role of family dynamics].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective was to find the relationship between the lived experience within the family and depression in the elderly.
  
  
  METHODS
  The study had a crossover and descriptive design.
  
  
  METHODS
  Carranque and Campanillas Health Districts, Málaga.
  
  
  METHODS
  The target population was the over 65's. The sample consisted of 97 people attended at 2 health centres, one rural and one urban.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The main study variable was the results on the Yesavage Geriatric Depression Scale (GDS), which were contrasted through multiple linear regression with the variables of age, sex, marital status, tobacco dependency, number of people living together, presence of the children in the home (concretely, daughters), family income, ownership of the home, social support network, and Apgar Family II. The results showed that the GDS correlated only with the results of the Apgar Family II (p = 0.00003).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  When tackling the depression of elderly people in primary care, it is absolutely vital to look at the family context, as this is a factor strongly linked to the depression.
authors.affiliation: Unidad Docente de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria de Málaga. med019934@nacom.es
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: García Lozano
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Mérida Quiñones
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mestre Reoyo
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Gallego Parrilla
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Duarte Romero
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Mesa Ramos
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rodríguez Escalera
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D005190:Family; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011320:Primary Health Care; D012424:Rural Population; D012737:Sex Factors; D013030:Spain; D014505:Urban Population