Depressive symptoms in seniors’ population in Maringá, PR
Abstract
This paper aims to verify the prevalence of depressive symptoms in the seniors’ population, over 60 years, in a PSF restricted area, district of Maringá - PR. An oblique study was accomplished using Beck’s Inventory for Depression. From a population of 451 individuals, a sample of 123 people were analyzed (27,3% of the total). Results were the following: 1) average age ≅ 69 ± 8 years; 2) dysphoria: 15.1% for men and 17.2% for women (p=0,7590); depression: 34% for men and 37.7% for women (p=0,6942); 3) the depression prevalence was 4.8 times higher than the Brazilian population and 2.1 times of the American seniors. It was concluded that the depressive symptoms were very high in the seniors’ sample studies of a PSF areaDownloads
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2008-04-24
How to Cite
Porcu, M., Fritzen, C. V., Fernandes Cano, M. F., Bemvides, M. N., & Colombari, I. (2008). Depressive symptoms in seniors’ population in Maringá, PR. Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences, 24, 703-705. https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v24i0.2489
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