[A study on the depression, somatic symptom, activities of daily living for the elderly women in an urban area].
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships among depression, somatic symptoms, and activities of daily living of elderly women in urban areas.


METHODS
After obtaining participant's consent forms, a one-time, face-to-face, and private interview was conducted with each participant from Sep, 2006 to Jan, 2007 by trained graduate-level students. The questionnaire consisted of K-GDS, PHQ-15, Barthel Index, and Instrumental Activity of Daily Living. The collected data was analyzed with the SPSS/PC 12.0 program, which was used for frequency, percentage, mean, standard deviation, Pearson correlation coefficients, and multiple regression.


RESULTS
The major findings of this study were as follows 1) 34.1% of participants belonged to the depression group. 2) There were significant relationships between depression and monthly income, somatic symptoms, ADL, IADL, and number of chronic disease. 3) Significant factors influencing depression were somatic symptoms, ADL, and monthly income.


CONCLUSIONS
The results of this study give useful information for designing interventions and program development for appropriate depression management and care for elderly women.
Shin
Kyung-Rim
KR
College of Nursing Science, Ewha Womans University, Seadeamoon-Gu, Seoul, Korea. krshin@ewha.ac.kr
Kang
Younhee
Y
Jung
Dukyoo
D
Choi
Kyung-Ae
KA
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003863:Depression; D005260:Female; D016330:Frail Elderly / Q000523:psychology*; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008875:Middle Aged; D012934:Social Isolation; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014505:Urban Population