title: Factors relating to depressive symptoms among elderly people with chronic vestibular dysfunction.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To identify factors relating to depressive symptoms among elderly people with chronic vestibular dysfunction.
  
  
  METHODS
  This was a cross-sectional study in which 120 elderly people with chronic vestibular dysfunction answered the Geriatric Depression Scale questionnaire. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed (p<0.05 and 95% CI).
  
  
  RESULTS
  The patients presented a mean score of 12.86 +/- 6.39 points on the Geriatric Depression Scale, and 67 of them (55.8%) scored above the cutoff of 11 points. The predictive model for worsening of depressive symptoms was composed of female gender, memory and concentration disorders, insomnia, hearing disorders, poor sight, nonuse of walking aids and greater emotional impact of dizziness.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Greater numbers of depressive symptoms among elderly people with chronic vestibular disease were related to the presence of memory and concentration disorders, insomnia, hearing disorders, very poor sight, greater emotional impact of dizziness, female gender and nonuse of walking aids.
authors.affiliation: Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo SP, Brazil. otoneuro@unifesp.epm.br
authors.forename: Juliana Maria
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gazzola
authors.forename: Mayra Cristina
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Aratani
authors.forename: Flávia
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Doná
authors.forename: Camila
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Macedo
authors.forename: Márcia Maiumi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Fukujima
authors.forename: Maurício Malavasi
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Ganança
authors.forename: Fernando Freitas
authors.initials: FF
authors.lastname: Ganança
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012307:Risk Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D015837:Vestibular Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology