The longitudinal intervention study about depression of elderly residents in south kyushu, Japan

2018 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15K09870
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Psychiatric science
• Research Institution: Kumamoto University
• Principal Investigator: FUJISE NOBORU 熊本大学, 保健センター, 教授 (20305014)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): 池田 学 大阪大学, 医学系研究科, 教授 (60284395)
• Project Period (FY): 2015-04-01 – 2019-03-31
• Keywords: 高齢者の抑うつ / 地域介入 / 地域コホート / 自殺対策

Outline of Final Research Achievements

We conducted a two-stage depression screening survey for elderly community residents. The number of valid responses in three years was 2887 (56.2%), and the participants in the second interview survey were 202 (24.3% of the corresponding persons). In two groups of residents who were followed by public health nurses in different ways such as interviews or phone calls, the proportion of people suspected of being depressed (GDS positive persons) and the degree of depression (GDS average score) were significantly higher than in the other groups. The results were high, and it was assumed that both groups were similar groups in depression. Therefore, in the two-stage depression screening survey for the elderly, the telephone survey was considered to be useful as a survey method for the population believed to be at high risk for depression.

Free Research Field

老年精神医学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

高齢者に対する2段階のうつ病スクリーニング調査において、抑うつのリスクが高いと思われる住民に対する調査方法として、電話調査は有用と考えられた。