Journal of Korean Geriatric Psychiatry

노인정신의학

pISSN 1226-6329 / eISSN 2733-4600


노인정신의학

대한노인정신의학회 (20권1호 16-19)

The Relationship between Late-Life Depression and Resilience

노인 우울증과 회복탄력성의 관계

장 미(Mi Jang);홍창형(Chang Hyung Hong);장기중(Ki Jung Chang);한창수(Changsu Han);전상원(Sang Won Jeon);노현웅(Hyun Woong Roh);노재성(Jai Sung Noh);정영기(Young Ki Chung);임기영(Ki Young Lim);김동수(Dong Soo Kim);손상준(Sang Joon Son)

Abstract

Objective:The aim of this study was to examine the relationship between late-life depression and resilience in the Korean community-dwelling elderly with depression. Methods:The subjects were 102 depressed elderly people who lived in Suwon and Gwangju, Korea. Each subject was adminis-tered the questionnaires regarding the socio-demographic characteristics, Korean version of the Mini-Mental State Examination for Dementia Screening (MMSE-DS), Brief Resilience Scale (BRS), and Short Form Geriatric Depression Scale-Korean version (SGDS-K). Results:In a cross-sectional aspect, BRS score were negatively correlated with SGDS-K score in the Pearson’s correlation test (r=-0.301, p=0.002). After multivariable adjustments, linear mixed model analysis showed that subjects with baseline higher BRS score had significantly lesser SGDS-K score (β=-0.16, p=0.006). Conclusion:The level of resilience should be considered in predicting the change of depressive symptoms in the elderly.

Keywords

Elderly,Resilience,Depression,노인,회복탄력성,우울증.