Factores asociados al síndrome depresivo en los adultos mayores del Centro de Salud Pascuales en el periodo enero 2017 – junio 2017.

Abstract

Background: People aged 60 or older make valuable contributions to society as active members of the family, volunteers and active participants in the workforce. Although most of the elderly have a good mental health, many are at risk of presenting mental disorders, the most significant being depression, which will affect several areas in the quality of life of the elderly. Objective: To determine the factors associated with the depressive syndrome present in the elderly treated at the Pascuales Health Center. Methods: Study with an descriptive cross-sectional design of prevalence, observational, retrospective, correlational and analytical cohoit which the necessary data was collected by reviewing of 322 Clinical Histories, obtained from the database obtained at the Pascuales Health Center. Results: Ages at 70-74 years (34%, 111/322) was the most frequent age group. The female sex was represented at 57% and the male sex 43%. The poor housing conditions predominate in 145 patients representing by 45%, followed by regular conditions with 100 patients (31%). Of these, 128 have a marital status (40%) at the baccalaureate level 157 patients (49%), and the secondary level 102 (32%). The mood of the elderly was categorized into two groups (with and without risk). The (53.5% is at risk of suffering from depression and 46.5% shows no risk. Conclusions: Depression in the elderly people is more associated with the difficulty to relate to their physical and emotional environment, not to the biological condition; a situation that could be prevented if family ties are strengthened and a more active and functional aging is fostered.