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Undiagnosed depression among older adults living in a semi urban community in Southern Sri Lanka

机译：斯里兰卡南部半城市社区中老年人的未经诊断的抑郁症

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Introduction: Depression is common in late life. Sri Lankan studies on depression in community living elderly are scarce. A sample of community living older people was assessed for presence of depressive symptoms.?Methods: Randomly selected 300 people aged above 50 years from Bope-Poddala MOH area who were not diagnosed with neurological illness, major psychiatric illness and not having severe visual or hearing impairment were screened using Geriatric Depression Scale-Sinhala version (GDS-S). Medical records were examined and diagnoses of non-communicable diseases were recorded;?Results: The majority were females (n=183, 61%). The mean age was 62 (SD=8) years. Twenty nine percent of subjects were still working. Thirty six percent (males - 40% and females - 36%) had sought medical treatment for non-communicable diseases. Twenty five participants (10% of males, 7.% of females) met criteria for depression (GDS-S score = 6). Nine percent of those who were aged 50-64 years and 7.4% of those who were older than 64 years were found to have depressive symptoms.?Conclusions: One in 12 older adult showing depressive symptoms signals the need of professional attention to the mental health well-being of older adults. As one in three of these people already attend health care services for their medical problems, these services can provide assessment of depression to make appropriate referrals/ interventions.
机译：简介：抑郁症在晚年很常见。斯里兰卡对社区老年人的抑郁症研究很少。方法：从Bope-Poddala MOH地区随机抽取300名年龄在50岁以上，未诊断出患有神经疾病，严重精神疾病且没有严重视力或听力的人，以评估他们是否患有抑郁症状。使用老年抑郁量表-僧伽罗语（GDS-S）筛查功能障碍。检查病历并记录非传染性疾病的诊断结果;结果：大多数为女性（n = 183，61％）。平均年龄为62岁（SD = 8）。 29％的受试者仍在工作。 36％的人（男性-40％，女性-36％）寻求非传染性疾病的治疗。 25名参与者（男性10％，女性7.％）达到了抑郁标准（GDS-S得分> = 6）。 50-64岁年龄段的人中有9％以及64岁以上年龄段的人中有7.4％被发现患有抑郁症状。结论：每12名表现出抑郁症状的老年人表示需要专业关注心理健康老年人的福祉。由于这些人中有三分之一已经因医疗问题而接受医疗保健服务，因此这些服务可以评估抑郁症，以进行适当的转诊/干预。

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