Periodicidad semestral: flujo continuo.
ISSN - Electrónico: 2661-6947 / DOI: 10.36015 • LILACS BIREME (19784); LATINDEX (20666)
INTRODUCTION. Depression is frequent and diverse in the elderly. It is associated with several social, economic and physical conditions. OBJECTIVE. Determine the association and interaction between depression, social and family conditions and physical dependence in the elderly. MATERIALS AND METHODS. A descriptive, cross-sectional study was carried out. Population of 474 depressed older adults and a sample of 390 who attended the outpatient clinic of the Hospital de Especialidades Carlos Andrade Marín de Quito in 2018. The MINI was used International Neuropsychiatric Interview for the diagnosis of depression and the scales of Katz, Socio-familiar of Gijón and demographic data. The association was established using chi square of homogeneity, calculation of prevalence Odds and, for the interaction of variables, binary logistic regression models. Statistical calculations were performed in the program Statistical International Business Machines Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. RESULTS. The prevalence of depression was 26.4% (103; 390) with 58.0% (60; 103) of mild depressive episode. Depression was related to belonging to social groups, dependency and social risk situation. In the binomial logistic regression with the variables socio-family, the greatest weight fell on bad social relationships (Exp B: 1.8); at model with significant variables, in dependence (Exp B: 2.6). The models correctly classified the depressed. The variables became significant
(p <0.05) when interact with risk and social problem. CONCLUSION. There was an association between depression and dependency; social risk and belonging to social groups. The profile of depressed people was of dependent people, at social risk who did not belong to social groups.
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