The newspaper (Reporter Li Tianshu correspondent Gu Min) On May 17, the Institute of Psychology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences released a news report that a group of the latest surveys conducted by the Institute of Mental Health had found that nearly 40% of the elderly in Chinese cities had depression. problem. The detection rate of depression in old age was significantly higher than that of a decade or two ago. The intervention of urban elderly mental health can not be ignored. This is the first survey of depressive emotions in elderly people sampled in China.

It is understood that since 2007, the research team headed by the researcher Li Juan has used the Depression Scale (CES-D) as a tool for Beijing, Shanghai, Kunming, Urumqi, Chengdu, Changchun, Zhuhai, Fuzhou and Changsha. A total of 4945 elderly people in 29 cities were surveyed. The respondents were divided into 4 groups according to their age: pre-senior group (55-59 years old), early-senior group (60-69 years old), and elderly group (70 years old). -79-year-old) and old-aged group (80 years old and above), each self-evaluated their own family relationships, physical conditions, and economic conditions.

The results of the study showed that the detection rate of depression among elderly people in urban China was 39.86%. The researchers found that as the age increases, the older elderly group is more depressed than the other groups. Li Juan believes that age is not a risk factor that affects the development of depression in the elderly. However, as the age increases, the elderly have a higher proportion of illnesses, and the disease can lead to increased depression. At the same time, the study also found that the more family support, the lower the incidence of depression in the elderly.

Li Juan pointed out that the elderly with depression have a risk of developing depression, and depression is an important cause of suicide for the elderly. How to intervene earlier on older people with more serious depression is the direction of the next step in the research group.

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