title: Depression and associated variables in people over 50 years in Spain.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Depression is a common and disabling psychiatric disorder in adulthood and is associated with higher mortality and functional disability.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To determine the association between clinical and sociodemographic variables with depression in a sample of people over 50 years old living in Spain, and compare the prevalence of depression with the other Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement (SHARE) countries.
  
  
  METHODS
  There were 5,830 participants in the Spanish sample of the Wave 5, 2013, of SHARE. Tools used: EURO-D (Depression) and CASP-12 (Quality of Life).
  
  
  METHODS
  Bivariate, and binary logistic.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The variables associated with depression in the binary logistic regression (EURO-D ≥4) were poor self-perceived physical health (OR=13.34; 95% CI: 9.74-18.27), having more than 2 difficulties in Activities of Daily Living (ADL) (OR=4.46; 95% CI: 3.13-6.34) and female gender (OR=2.16; 95% CI: 1.83-2.56). Depression was more common among participants with Alzheimer (76.4%), emotional disorders (73.9%), Parkinson (57.4%), hip fracture (55.4%), and rheumatism (50.9%). Compared with other European countries, Spain had a percentage of people with depression (29.3%) that was higher than the European average (27.9%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The most important variables associated with depression were poor perceived physical health, presence of difficulties in ADL, and female gender.
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, España. Electronic address: cristina.portellano@ub.edu.
authors.forename: Cristina
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Portellano-Ortiz
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Girona (IdIBGI), IAS Unidad de Investigación, Salt, Girona, España; Departamento de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de Girona, Girona, España.
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Garre-Olmo
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de Girona (IdIBGI), IAS Unidad de Investigación, Salt, Girona, España.
authors.forename: Laia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Calvó-Perxas
authors.affiliation: Facultad de Psicología, Universidad de Barcelona, Barcelona, España.
authors.forename: Josep Lluís
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Conde-Sala
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D016015:Logistic Models; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012307:Risk Factors; D013030:Spain / Q000453:epidemiology
keywords: Ageing; Depresión; Depression; EURO-D; Envejecimiento; Physical health; SHARE; Salud física